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1926 Trading as Gordon Armstrong (Beverley) | |||
1930 [[Armstrong's Patents Co]] formed | 1930 [[Armstrong's Patents Co]] formed | ||
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1949 Sold subsidiary [[Kolectric]] Ltd because Armstrongs needed the space in the factory<ref>The Times, Nov 02, 1949</ref> | 1949 Sold subsidiary [[Kolectric]] Ltd because Armstrongs needed the space in the factory<ref>The Times, Nov 02, 1949</ref> | ||
1950 Second factory in York<ref>The Times, Oct 25, 1950</ref> | |||
1961 [[Armstrong Shock Absorbers]] changed its name to [[Armstrong Equipment]]<ref>The Times, Oct 25, 1961</ref> | 1961 [[Armstrong Shock Absorbers]] changed its name to [[Armstrong Equipment]]<ref>The Times, Oct 25, 1961</ref> |
Latest revision as of 11:21, 14 February 2021
of Beverley, near Hull
1926 Trading as Gordon Armstrong (Beverley)
1930 Armstrong's Patents Co formed
1935 Public company incorporated to acquire Armstrong's Patents Co[1]
1947 Formed a subsidiary, Kolectric, as a diversification move, to make electric coil winding machinery which had been supplied from German factories before the war[2]
1949 Sold subsidiary Kolectric Ltd because Armstrongs needed the space in the factory[3]
1950 Second factory in York[4]
1961 Armstrong Shock Absorbers changed its name to Armstrong Equipment[5]