Westool
of Westool Works, Putney Bridge Road, London
of St. Helen's Auckland, Co. Durham.
1923 Westminster Tool and Electric Co Ltd was incorporated to acquire the business of Arthur Pirrie Haslam, Arthur Luscombe Tester and Jack Williams of similar name at Putney Bridge Road, London
1937 Name changed to Westool Ltd
1948 Moved to St. Helen's Auckland, Co. Durham.
1957 Manufacturer of Westool Solenoid actuators and Warner Electric brakes and clutches[1]. Supplied control systems for the Dounreay Fast Breeder Reactor[2]
Warner Electric Brake and Clutch owned 34.6 percent of the company
1970 Endura Electrical Industries acquired a controlling interest in Westool[3]
1970 Part owner Westforth Electrical and Automation would compensate holders of the shares in Westool for a shortfall in profits against projection; the other half of the shares were held by Warner Electric of USA[4]
1978 Westool Ltd renamed as Warner Electric Ltd
See Also
- Arthur Pirrie Haslam
- Endura Electrical
- Engineering 1948 Jul-Dec: Index: General
- Engineering 1952 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
- Engineering 1964 Jul-Dec: Index
- Engineering 1968 Jan-Jun: Index
- George Rawling Denney
- John William Geddes
- The Engineer 1948 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1953 Jan-Jun: Index
- Warner Electric
- Westforth Electrical and Automation
- Westminster Tool and Electric Co
Sources of Information
- companies house filings