Aurora Gear and Engineering Co
of Sheffield
1957 Name changed from Aurora Gearing Co (Wilmot North)
1960 Acquired Watling Street Group at Markyate[1] and Fit Limited, maker of tyre remoulding equipment[2]
1963 Acquired William Watts (Holdings) Ltd of Nottingham[3]
1964 Acquired Darlington Wire Mills Ltd[4] and Pashley and Trickett
1966 Acquired F. Turnbull and Co (Engineers), a publically quoted company[5]
1967 Acquired Webster Equipment and Webster Machine Development[6]
1968 Disposed of Darlington Wire Mills; efforts put into improving Skerne Engineering Co; Websters had developed a novel mining machine; extensions at the Markyate Group and Emil Engineering Co in Rotherham[7]
1969 Acquired The Hille Engineering Co; steps were being taken to improve the performance of Hill Bentham Engineering Co[8]
1970 Disposed of the Tyre Machinery business of Hill Bentham and Hill Mould Equipment Ltd; Marygate Group provided advanced components for jet engines; 2 subsidiaries were involved in process and control engineering; the steel stockholder subsidiary had a busy year; several subsidiaries anticipated pick up in demand for capital equipment[9]
1972 Affected by the problems at Rolls-Royce
1973 Sold Watling Street group of companies at Markyate[10]
1973 Acquired Anderton-Forco Industries[11]
1974 Became Aurora Holdings