Brown, David, Jackson Ltd

Sectors:

  • Mechanical engineering Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
  • Transport equipment production Motor vehicle production
  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Transmission machinery production inc millwright work

Notes:

Established 1860 by David Brown as a general pattern maker. 1898 started to make machine cut gears and by 1921 was the world's leading manufacturer of worm gears. 1930 acquired P R Jackson Ltd, steel founders and manufacturers of heavy gears when known as David Brown Jackson Ltd. 1936 diversified into tractor making which was later carried on by David Brown Tractors Ltd. Later owned Aston Martin Lagoda. Continues as a gear maker and known as David Brown Engineering Ltd

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