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British Industrial History
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Darwins
From Graces Guide
"Darwins" of Fitzwilliam Works, Sheffield.
1926 Company was founded with a nominal capital of £500,000, consisting of 450,000 8 per cent cumulative participating preference shares and 50,000 ordinary shares of £1 each. One of the main objects of the company was to take over the existing undertaking of Darwin and Milner. [1]
1937 High grade steel tools. "Cobalt Fastwork" Hacksaw Blades. "Darwin 505" Cobalt Tungsten High Speed Steel. "Vanadia" Hacksaw Blades. "Darwin 18" High speed hacksaw blade.
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1953 Acquired Sheffield Forge and Rolling Mills Co from the Holding and Realization Agency[2].
1954 The Darwins Group consisted of:
- Darwins
- Andrews Toledo
- Andrews Toledo (Wire Rod)
- Sheffield Forge and Rolling Mills Co
- Wardsend Steel Co
1957 Private company.
1961 Manufacturers of alloy tool steels, alloy steels, alloy steel castings, magnets, hacksaws, precision tools and precision castings.
1961 Balfour and Darwins was formed by merging Arthur Balfour and Darwins Group of Sheffield. About 75 percent of the products were similar[3].
See Also
Sources of Information
- Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p123
- Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p140 & p153
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries