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* Foundries Fabrication and Pump Division | * Foundries Fabrication and Pump Division | ||
* Tools Division. | * Tools Division. | ||
1970 Gear works at Salford<ref>The Times, Jul 21, 1970</ref> | |||
1971 Acquired the Belgium company '''Sadi SA''', maker of power transmissions<ref> The Times, Sep 28, 1971</ref> | |||
1974 Labour force of 5000; claimed to have a turnover of £25 million from the production of large gears, pumps and associated gear systems. | 1974 Labour force of 5000; claimed to have a turnover of £25 million from the production of large gears, pumps and associated gear systems. | ||
Revision as of 12:35, 29 January 2016
David Brown Gear Industries Ltd. of Park Gear Works, Huddersfield
Foundries Division, of Penistone Sheffield.
1966 David Brown Gear Industries supplied gearing to the Longannet Power Station[1]
1967 Supplier of Radicon speed reducers[2]
1969 Also had a factory at Sunderland
1969 David Brown Gear Industries had 3 divisions[3]:
- Gear Division
- Foundries Fabrication and Pump Division
- Tools Division.
1970 Gear works at Salford[4]
1971 Acquired the Belgium company Sadi SA, maker of power transmissions[5]
1974 Labour force of 5000; claimed to have a turnover of £25 million from the production of large gears, pumps and associated gear systems.
They had five factories based in Huddersfield, Penistone, Salford, Sunderland and Sheffield.
1989 David Brown Gear Industries was a subsidiary of David Brown Corporation; was working with British Rail and GEC on the design of the 225[6]