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1989 [[Black and Decker]] acquired the [[Emhart Corporation]] and with it [[Tucker Fasteners]].<ref>Manchester Evening News - 17 May 1989</ref> | 1989 [[Black and Decker]] acquired the [[Emhart Corporation]] and with it [[Tucker Fasteners]].<ref>Manchester Evening News - 17 May 1989</ref> | ||
2013 Birmingham factory was closed. | 2013 Birmingham factory was closed and production transferred abroad.<ref>https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/closure-tucker-fasteners-factory-birmingham-3906909</ref> | ||
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of Walsall Road, Birmingham.
1974 George Tucker Eyelet Co changed their name to Tucker Fasteners.[1]
1975 Emhart Corporation acquired United Shoe Machinery Corporation and with it gained control of British United Shoe Machinery Co and its subsidiary Tucker Fasteners.[2]
1989 Black and Decker acquired the Emhart Corporation and with it Tucker Fasteners.[3]
2013 Birmingham factory was closed and production transferred abroad.[4]
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- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post - 22 December 1973
- ↑ Leicester Daily Mercury - 18 November 1975
- ↑ Manchester Evening News - 17 May 1989
- ↑ https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/closure-tucker-fasteners-factory-birmingham-3906909