W. E. Sykes
of Manor Works, Staines, Middlesex.
1925 Company founded by William Edwin Sykes
1928 Private company.
1952 Name changed.
1956 Company made public.
1961 Manufacturers of gear shaping, generating machines, vertical and horizontal, gear spline and worm wheel universal hobbing machines; gear shaving and finishing machines, gear shaping cutters, ground form hobs and special form cutters; master ground gears; special machine tools, shell moulding machines; shell core making machines and gear oil testing equipment. [1]