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* [[Charles Clark and Son]], Ltd. | * [[Charles Clark and Son]], Ltd. | ||
Revision as of 15:19, 13 July 2020
The Owen Organisation was a diversified firm built up from its origins in Rubery Owen with Alfred George Beech Owen and Ernest William Beech Owen (1910–1967) as managing directors; the other third of the company was owned by their sister, Jean. The managing directors remunerated themselves modestly and the company paid no dividends.
1957 It consisted of:
- Rubery, Owen and Co
- Leabank Office Equipment
- Conveyancer Fork Trucks
- E. Camelinat and Co
- C. and L. Hill
- Hill-Alzen
- Denfords Engineering Co
- Easiclene Porcelain-Enamel (1938)
- Shorrock Superchargers
1959 Companies forming the Organization:
- Rubery Owen and Co. Ltd.,
- Electro-Hydraulics, Ltd.
- Rubery Owen (Warrington)
- E. Camelinat and Co.
- Motor Panels (Coventry)
- Hudson Brown, Bentley Hall Brick Co.
- Easiclene Porcelain-Enamel (1938)
- A. Warden and Co.
- Rubery Owen and Kemsley Proprietary
- Rubery Owen Housing Association
- Rogers and Jackson
- Salopian Engineers
- Shuker and Son (Shrewsbury)
- R. and J. Wrexham (Wholesale)
- J. W. Baker and Co.
- Nuts and Bolts (Darlaston)
- C. and L. Hill
- Brooke Tool Manufacturing Co.
- A. G. Sutherland
- Chains
- Darlaston and District Housing Co.
- T. S. Harrison and Sons
- Invicta Electrodes
- Kleine Co.
- Eaton Axles
- Associated Constructional Engineers
- [[New Hall Farm
- Waddington Tools
- G. R. Smithson and Co.
- Port Hamble
- Luke Brothers
- B. T. Developments
- Gasel Appliances
- Denfords Engineering Co
- Rubery Owen
- Kepston
- Conveyancer Fork Trucks
- Conveyancer Fork Trucks (Australia), Pty.
- Electro Hydraulics (Canada), Ltd.,
- Gasel
- J. E. Brassey and Son
- The Castra Electric Washing Machine Co., Ltd.
- Cardinal Steels, Ltd.
- Leabank Office Equipment, Ltd.
- Bowser International, Ltd.
- Charles Clark and Son, Ltd.
- Charles Clark and Son (Stafford), Ltd.
- Shorrock Superchargers
- Hodgkiss Oilburners
- Walsall Football Club
- British Overseas Boat Co.
- Hill, Alzen (Sales)
- Rubery Owen and Scott (S.A.)
- Rubery Owen (Canada)
1969 The organisation was one of the biggest private businesses in Britain, with a workforce of about 16,000. Alfred Owen retired due to ill-health.
See Also
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Sources of Information
- Biography of Sir Alfred George Beech Owen, ODNB