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A wholly owned subsidiary of [[BSA]]. | |||
1959 the three companies making up BSA’s steel group, namely '''[[William Jessop and Sons]] Ltd.''', '''[[J. J. Saville and Co]] Ltd.''', and '''[[Bromley, Fisher and Turton]] Ltd.''', all of Sheffield, were consolidated into two new companies, [[Jessop-Saville]] Limited and Jessop-Saville (Small Tools) Limited. <Ref>Financial Times 19 Nov 1959</Ref> | 1959 the three companies making up BSA’s steel group, namely '''[[William Jessop and Sons]] Ltd.''', '''[[J. J. Saville and Co]] Ltd.''', and '''[[Bromley, Fisher and Turton]] Ltd.''', all of Sheffield, were consolidated into two new companies, [[Jessop-Saville]] Limited and Jessop-Saville (Small Tools) Limited. <Ref>Financial Times 19 Nov 1959</Ref> | ||
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Small Tools concentrated on carbide tipped tools and other welded high speed steel tools. This aspect of the business was located in Portland Street, Sheffield. <Ref>Machinery Vol 94 1959</Ref> | |||
1960 Jessop-Saville (Small Tools) Limited relocated to a new freehold factory in Rotherham. <Ref>Financial Times - 22 Nov 1961</Ref> Eastwood Works, Fitzwilliam Road, Rotherham. | |||
1965 On 1 Jan the company moved from the steels division to the tools division of BSA. Managing Director, R P Wallace was replaced as MD by S A Roberts, MD of BSA Tools Division.<Ref>Birmingham Daily Post - 21 Dec 1964</Ref> | |||
1967 Became Herbert B.S.A. (Cutting Tools) Ltd. following [[Alfred Herbert]]'s take over of BSA's machine tool division.<Ref>Financial Times - 6 Aug 1966 and local newspapers</Ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:54, 22 December 2024
A wholly owned subsidiary of BSA.
1959 the three companies making up BSA’s steel group, namely William Jessop and Sons Ltd., J. J. Saville and Co Ltd., and Bromley, Fisher and Turton Ltd., all of Sheffield, were consolidated into two new companies, Jessop-Saville Limited and Jessop-Saville (Small Tools) Limited. [1]
Small Tools concentrated on carbide tipped tools and other welded high speed steel tools. This aspect of the business was located in Portland Street, Sheffield. [2]
1960 Jessop-Saville (Small Tools) Limited relocated to a new freehold factory in Rotherham. [3] Eastwood Works, Fitzwilliam Road, Rotherham.
1965 On 1 Jan the company moved from the steels division to the tools division of BSA. Managing Director, R P Wallace was replaced as MD by S A Roberts, MD of BSA Tools Division.[4]
1967 Became Herbert B.S.A. (Cutting Tools) Ltd. following Alfred Herbert's take over of BSA's machine tool division.[5]