Richard Lloyd and Co
Richard Lloyd and Co of 135, Steel-House Lane, Birmingham; of Galton Works, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham.
1803 Company founded.
1918 Private company.
1919 Make, import and factor tools.
1925 Acquired the goodwill of Stockton and Bunn (in liquidation) of 11, Queen Victoria-street, London. which was maintained as a London office.[1]
1937 Engineers' supplies. "Galtona" Small Tools. [2]
1937 Company made public.
1943 Name changed.
1959 Acquired by British Rollmakers Corporation. [3]
1961 Engineers, manufacturers and suppliers of machine tool equipment including milling cutters, ground thread taps and engineers' tools. 643 employees. [4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1925/2/13
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times, 18 December 1959
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, 3 May 1977
- ↑ The Times, 11 October 1985
- Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p73