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1903 Private company manufacturing eyelets for the boot and shoe industry. | 1903 Private company manufacturing eyelets for the boot and shoe industry. | ||
1907 Patent. Improvements in machinery to be used in the manufacture of lacing or eyelet hooks and analogous small metallic articles, The George Tucker Eyelet Co., Ltd., and F. V. Hadley, Birmingham.<ref>Stratford-upon-Avon Herald - Friday 06 September 1907</ref> | |||
1934 Developed the 'Pop' rivet system for the aircraft industry. | 1934 Developed the 'Pop' rivet system for the aircraft industry. | ||
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of Walsall Road, Birmingham
1903 Private company manufacturing eyelets for the boot and shoe industry.
1907 Patent. Improvements in machinery to be used in the manufacture of lacing or eyelet hooks and analogous small metallic articles, The George Tucker Eyelet Co., Ltd., and F. V. Hadley, Birmingham.[1]
1934 Developed the 'Pop' rivet system for the aircraft industry.
1937 Rivet manufacturers.
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers.[2]
WWII Manufactured billions of rivets and other fastenings for the war effort.
1961 Manufacturers of eyelets and light metal pressings for the radio, electrical, electronic, toy, clothing, leather trades, and for printers and stationers. Sole manufacturers of "Pop" and "Imex" rivets. 1,100 employees.[3]
1968 Employing 1,600 persons. Wholly owned subsidiary of British United Shoe Machinery Co. The MD is R. J. Hodge.[4]
1974 Changed their name to Tucker Fasteners.[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Stratford-upon-Avon Herald - Friday 06 September 1907
- ↑ * 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ * 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 24 June 1968
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - 22 December 1973