A. C. Wickman
A. C. Wickman Ltd., of Queen Victoria Road, Coventry, Warwickshire (now West Midlands). Also in London, Manchester and Glasgow.
c1924 Company founded by Axel Wickman and Cecil Douglas Gay. [1]
1935 Patent - Improvements relating to control arrangements for belt-driven machinery. [2]
1937 Advert for: "Some Interesting Applications of Wimet Brand Cutting Metal". Tips and Tools for Boring, Milling, Drilling, Planing and Turning all kinds of metals; also for Bakelite, Glass, Stone and other highly abrasive materials. "Spedia" Lapping Wheels. (Engineering/Metals/Quarry, Roads and Mining/Transport Section - Stand No. D.508) [3]
1937 Machine tool specialists. "Spedia" Lapping Wheels and Hand Laps. "Wickman" 10mm. Automatic. "Wickman-Lang" 5/8-in. Automatic. "Wickman-Moulton" Thread Milling Machine. "Wimet" Tool Metal. [4]
1938 Public company formed to take over as a going concern the business of merchants and machine tool agents Manwick Ltd. and the Wimet brand tungsten carbide tools business established in 1928 by Wickman Manufacturing Co Ltd[5].
1938 AGM; 5-spindle automatic machine would be produced in temporary factory until the new factory was ready[6]
1939 Started to import and sell machine tools, and manufacture machine tools of its own design.
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1940 Acquired tungsten carbide tool business of Tool Metal Manufacturing Co Ltd, subsequently operated through Hard Metal Tools Ltd, in which the company held a controlling interest.
1947 A. C. Wickman Limited became part of the John Brown Group and was known as Wickman Limited. [7]
1948 Public issue of shares. Other subsidiaries were:[8].
- Powderloys Ltd of Coventry
- Applied High Frequency Ltd
- Arc Manufacturing Ltd of Shepherds Bush and Glasgow
See Wickman Ltd.