Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,583 pages of information and 246,144 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Dexion

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1950.
1953.
Feb 1957.

of Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.

of Corringham Road, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

of Maygrove Rd, London, NW6.

1937 Private company founded by Demetrius Comino.

1961 Manufacturers of "Dexion" slotted angle shelves and shelving panels (stove-enamelled of galvanized) and aluminium alloy, steel planks (stove-enamelled or galvanized) standard engineered timber beams and trusses for flat or pitched roof construction. 720 employees.[1]

1962 Acquired H. Newsum, Sons and Co.[2]

1969 Acquired Wharton Crane and Hoist Co and its subsidiary Broadwell Buildings.[3]

1974 Mr John. E. Foster was appointed director and general manager of Dexion Overseas the subsidiary responsible for sales through distributors and licensees.[4]

1983 Acquired Hytrac.[5]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  2. Grimsby Daily Telegraph - 04 September 1962
  3. Birmingham Daily Post - 13 February 1970
  4. The Engineer 1974/05/02
  5. Leicester Daily Mercury - 08 January 1983