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British Industrial History
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Stone-Wallwork
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of Oldham.
1939 Private company.
1950 Reconstruction of J. Stone and Co to be a holding company; the existing subsidiaries Stone-Wallwork Ltd and Stone Platt Engineering Co Ltd, which had complementary activities, would be merged into one, namely Stone-Wallwork, which would handle the mechanical engineering products; Stone-Platt would be liquidated. The existing 50 percent holdings in Light Metal Forgings Ltd and Stone-Fry Magnesium Ltd would be maintained[1].
1961 Manufacturers of P.I.V. variable speed gears, transmission gearing foundry equipment and general engineering. 940 employees. [2]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 19 July 1950
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE