S. Smith and Sons (England)

March 1945.

August 1945.

March 1946.

October 1951.

July 1954.

December 1960.

November 1961. Oil-Fired Domestic Boiler.

Oct 1962.

Maker of motor accessories, of Cricklewood and Cheltenham.

1944 The name of S. Smith and Sons (Motor Accessories), the principal company of the Smiths group, was changed to S. Smith and Sons (England) Ltd with four divisions:

• Smiths Motor Accessories
• Smiths Industrial Instruments
• Smiths Aircraft Instruments
• Smiths English Clocks

1947 The company had 17,000 employees with Cheltenham, the largest, having 2,500

1947 The company was a major shareholder in the new combine Kelvin and Hughes

1951 Company organisation:

• Smiths Motor Accessories
  • KLG Sparking Plugs
  • Smiths Jacking Systems
  • British Jaeger Instruments
  • Petro-Flex Tubing Co
  • S. Smith and Sons (Radiomobile)
• Smiths Aircraft Instruments
  • Furzehill Laboratories
• Smiths English Clocks
  • Enfield Clock Co
  • British Precison Springs
  • Pullars Instruments
  • Ming Ware
  • Clock Components
  • British Watch Timers
  • English Clock Systems
  • J. E. V. Winterbourne
  • United Kingdom Clock Co
  • Anglo-Celtic Watch Co
  • Synthetic Jewels
• Smiths Industrial Instruments
  • A. T. Instruments
  • Autop
  • David Harcourt
  • A. B. E. Co
• The subsidiary: Kelvin and Hughes
  • Kelvin and Hughes (Aviation)
  • Kelvin and Hughes (Industrial)
  • Kelvin and Hughes (Marine)
  • Henry Hughes and Son
  • Kelvin, Bottomley and Baird

1953 The minority interests in Kelvin and Hughes were acquired

1966 the name of the principal company of the Smiths group was changed from S. Smith and Sons (England) Ltd to Smiths Industries.

2000 Smiths Industries merged with the TI Group and as a result of that merger the company name was changed to Smiths Group plc.

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