Tucker Fasteners
of Walsall Road, Birmingham.
1974 George Tucker Eyelet Co changed their name to Tucker Fasteners.[1]
1975 Emhart Corporation acquired United Shoe Machinery Corporation and with it gained control of British United Shoe Machinery Co and its subsidiary Tucker Fasteners.[2]
1989 Black and Decker acquired the Emhart Corporation and with it Tucker Fasteners.[3]
2013 Birmingham factory was closed and production transferred abroad.[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - 22 December 1973
- ↑ Leicester Daily Mercury - 18 November 1975
- ↑ Manchester Evening News - 17 May 1989
- ↑ https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/closure-tucker-fasteners-factory-birmingham-3906909