Armstrong Shock Absorbers: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
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> |
Revision as of 10:57, 24 January 2013
of Beverley, near Hull
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]