Glacier Metal Co
From Graces Guide
of Alperton, Wembley
- 1899 Company founded.
- 1911 Issued catalogue. Anti-friction material. (The Glacier Anti-Friction Metal Company of London)
- 1912 Exhibitor at the Non-Ferrous Metals Exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Halls[1].
- 1928 Private company.
- 1935 Company made public.
- 1937 Bearing and bearing metal manufacturers. "Findlay's" Motor Metals. "Glacier" Metals and Bearings.
- 1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
- 1945 Advert for bearing metal.
- 1961 Manufacturers of plain bearings of all types for petrol and diesel engines, turbines, compressors, fans, machine tools and pumps; also produce centrifugal oil cleaners. 3,900 employees.
- 1963 Motor Show exhibitor. Bearings and bushes for engines and chassis.
- 1968 New factory extension at Kilmarnock.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 19 June 1912
- The Engineer of 21st July 1911 p84
- Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p34
- 1963 Motor Show
- The Engineer of 15th March 1968 p428
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries