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of Bedworth, near Coventry | of Bedworth, near Coventry |
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of Bedworth, near Coventry
1956 Main customers were MG and Morris[1]
1964 Became a public company; the company made 1500 hood assemblies/week and was thought to be the largest such manufacturer in Europe[2]
1972 Acquired Betta Manufacturing and White Star Processing from Spey Investments by share exchange[3]. Executives from Spey moved onto the Coventry Hood board[4]
1973 Acquired Compra Plastics[5]. The trading activities of Coventry Hood and Sidescreen were transferred to a new company Coventry Hood and Seating, with the original name retained for the holding company[6]. Name changed to C. H. Industrials to reflect the broadened interests of the group[7]