Whitehouse Industries
Whitehouse Industries Ltd. of Pontefract.
c.1936/8[1] John Leonard King, at the age of 19, established his own business, Whitehouse Motors, in Guildford, Surrey, with finance from some local builders and helped by a Ford sub-agency.
WWII: the motor business failed but an engineering sideline, manufacturing components for aero engines, continued and expanded. King acquired some modern American machine tools through the lend-lease programme, giving the business a major advantage when the war ended.
1942 Private company.
1946 Whitehouse Precision Tool and Engineering Co was wound up as part of a reconstruction involving Whitehouse Industries, chairman J L King.[2]
Production was moved to Yorkshire; King brought in skilled engineers from the Midlands to train his workforce. Produced miscellaneous products, from ballpoint pens to steel ladders
By 1949 was a subsidiary of W. E. Hughes and Co. The company was fully engaged supplying cases for the Biro Ball Pointed pen.[3]
1961 Manufacturers of Philidas patent self-locking nuts, anchor nuts, clinch nuts, and wheel nuts.[4]
1963 Motor Show exhibitor. Fastenings.[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Jul 15, 1983
- ↑ The London Gazette, 17 May 1946
- ↑ The Times, Sep 01, 1949
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ 1963 Motor Show
- Biography of John Leonard King, ODNB
- Obituary of Lord King, The Times, July 13, 2005