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of Empress Works, Loughborough.
formerly Herbert Morris and Bastert. Owned by Herbert Morris (1864-1931)
1912 Name changed to Herbert Morris.
1914 Manufacturers of electric, pneumatic and hand overhead travelling cranes, pulley blocks, conveyors, overhead runways and lifting miscellanea. [1]
1919 Public offer of shares[2]
1920 Took over the business of H. Coltman and Sons. [3]
1920 December - W. H. Purnell was appointed vice-chairman of the company.[4]
1931 Frank Morris took over the company on the death of his father
1931 Company employing 2,000 persons.[5]
1930s Took over Alexander Chaplin and Co, Craven Brothers, Holt and Willetts and the Vaughan Crane Co
1932 Acquired Royce Ltd
1937 Lifting machinery manufacturers. [6]
1939 Became a quoted company.
1959 Took over British MonoRail
1961 Manufacturers of cranes, pulley-blocks; runways; telphers; conveyors, elevators; lifts and trucks. 1,900 employees. [7]
1968 Built thirty Goliath cranes for British Railway Freight. [8]
1969 Frank Morris resigns as chairman
1969 Won orders for Goliath and Semi-Goliath cranes at 3 British aluminium smelters[9]
1970 E. and H. P. Smith acquired 30 percent of the shares of the company[10]
1974 Assembled four 130-ton giant overhead cranes for the Cammell Laird's shipyards.[11]
By 1975 had about 2000 employees; trading subsidiaries were:
Had a joint interest with C. T. Bowring and Co Ltd in Senelco Ltd, a company manufacturing under licence an American anti-shoplifting device.
1976 The holding in Herbert Morris was sold to Babcock and Wilcox[12]
1977 Davy International acquired the company[13]
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