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[[Image:1892 Worcestershire i0448.png|thumb| 1892. ]] | [[Image:1892 Worcestershire i0448.png|thumb| 1892. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im031111Mot-Lloyd.jpg|thumb| November 1903. ]] | [[Image:Im031111Mot-Lloyd.jpg|thumb| November 1903. ]] | ||
[[Image:Im19530501PE-Lloyd.jpg|thumb| May 1953.]] | |||
of Galton Works, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham | of Galton Works, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham | ||
Revision as of 13:37, 14 April 2013
of Galton Works, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham
1803 Company founded.
1918 Private company.
1919 Make, import and factor tools.
1937 Engineers' supplies. "Galtona" Small Tools.
1937 Company made public.
1943 Name changed.
1959 Acquired by British Rollmakers Corporation[1].
1961 Engineers, manufacturers and suppliers of machine tool equipment including milling cutters, ground thread taps and engineers' tools. 643 employees.
1974 Subsidiary companies were:
- Stuart Galtona Ltd
- Tungsten Electric Co Ltd (100%)
- Cardale (Preston) Ltd (100%)
- Skelcher and Rowe Ltd
- M and E Tools Ltd
1977 Johnson and Firth Brown acquired British Rollmakers Corporation[2].
1985 Johnson and Firth Brown sold part of the business of Richard Lloyd and Co to Monks and Crane Holdings, and the company of Richard Lloyd and Co and its subsidiaries Tungsten Electric and Cardale (Preston) to Topazbridge[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p73