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Sykes, Joseph, Brothers Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Sykes, John
  • Sykes, Joseph
  • Whiteleys
  • English Card Clothing Co Ltd
  • Law, Samuel, & Sons Ltd
  • Wilson & Ingham Ltd
  • Carclo Engineering Group Plc

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England

Sectors:

  • Non metallic mineral products manufacture Abrasive products manufacture
  • Textile production Industrial textiles production inc insulation, lagging & tyre cord
  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Wire products inc rope manufacture

Notes:

Traced origins to 1811 when established by John Sykes. Developed rapidly under his son, Joseph. Specialised in card clothing in which it developed as a leading business. In 1897 with Whiteleys formed the English Card Clothing Co Ltd which soon after absorbed, inter alia, Samuel Law & Sons Ltd and Wilson & Ingham Ltd. Retained separate identity. Subsequently diversified into related products such as card wire, abrasive materials, etc. Sometime part of Carclo Engineering Group Plc and in 2001 sold to a Belgium business

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