Swift Levick and Sons
From Graces Guide
Steel Manufacturers, of Clarence Steel Works, Sheffield.
1883 Established by Thomas Swift Levick to manufacture high grade special steels
1912 Started to make metal permanent magnets
1922 Manufactured crucible cast steels for engineers tools, high-speed steels, alloy steels made by electric furnace, forgings, permanent magnets, files, hammers, etc
1937 Steel and magnet manufacturers. "Foremost 467" Stainless Steel.[1]
1976 Acquired by Duport
1978 Closure of the specialist steel production - the last in Sheffield; production of permanent magnets and magnet assemblies would continue[2]
1982 Swift Levick Magnets became part of Magnetic Materials Group
See Also
- 1922 Who's Who In Engineering: Company L
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- 1938 Ironmonger Diary and Hardware Buyers Guide: Companies L
- 1968 Who's Who in the Motor Industry: Companies
- 1977 Health and Safety Exemptions
- Austin, McGillivray and Co
- Henry Swift Levick
- High Speed Steel Alloys
- Magnetic Materials Group
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Engineer 1978