Glacier Metal Co
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.
1965 Acquired by Associated Engineering Group[2]
1966 The company had supplied factories for making thin bearings to Roumania and East Germany[3].
1968 New factory extension at Kilmarnock. Other factories at Wembley and Chard.
1969 Review of Glacier Institute of Management which for some years had been using organisational research to improve company performance as well as provide training for third-parties[4]
1973 Glacier was involved in developing a proposal for a mini-steel mill at Hartlepool[5].
See Also
- 1920 Motor, Marine and Aircraft Red Book: Company G
- 1922 Who's Who In Engineering: Company G
- 1925/10/09 Motor Show
- 1926/10/22 Motor Show
- 1936 Motor Show
- 1937 Motor Show
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- 1938 Motor Show
- 1939 Suppliers to the Aircraft Industry
- 1948 Motor Show
- 1949 Motor Show
- 1950 Motor Show
- 1951 Motor Show
- 1952 Motor Show
- 1953 Motor Show
- 1953 Who's Who in the Motor Industry: Companies G
- 1954 Commercial Motor Show
- 1954 Motor Show
- 1955 Motor Show
- 1956 Motor Show
- 1957 Motor Show
- 1958 Commercial Motor Show
- 1958 Motor Show
- 1959 Motor Show
- 1960 Motor Show
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- 1961 Motor Show
- 1962 Commercial Motor Show
- 1962 Health and Safety Exemptions
- 1962 Motor Show
- 1963 Motor Show
- 1964 Motor Show
- 1965 London International Engineering Exhibition
- 1965 Motor Show
- 1966 Motor Show
- 1967 Motor Show
- 1968 Commercial Motor Show
- 1968 Motor Show
- 1969 Motor Show
- 1970 Motor Show
- 1971 Motor Show
- 1971 Who's Who in the Motor Industry: Companies
- 1972 Motor Show
- 1973 Motor Show
- 1974 Motor Show
- 1975 Motor Show
- 1976 Motor Show
- 1977 Health and Safety Exemptions
- 1978 Motor Show
- 1980 Motor Show
- 1982 Motor Show
- 1984 Motor Show
- 1986 Motor Show
- 1988 Motor Show
- 1990 Motor Show
- Andrew Welch
- Associated Engineering Group
- Automobile Engineer: 1947/09
- Automobile Engineer: 1952/10
- Automobile Engineer: 1954/12
- Automobile Engineer: 1957/11/27
- Cuyler Whittle Findlay
- Dualloys
- Engineering 1958 Jul-Dec: Index
- Engineering 1961 Jul-Dec: Index
- Engineering 1962 Jul-Dec: Index
- Engineering 1966 Jul-Dec: Index
- Engineering 1968 Jan-Jun: Index
- Fred Ernest Maer
- Glacier Anti-Friction Metal Co
- Maurice Melhuish
- Michael John Neale
- Phil Prince Love
- The Engineer 1902/01/10
- The Engineer 1905/06/02
- The Engineer 1907/10/11
- The Engineer 1940 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1946 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1947 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1949 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1950 Jan-Jun: Index
Sources of Information
- 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