Cook, William, & Sons (Sheffield) Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Cook, William
- Cook, William, & Sons (Glasgow) Ltd
- Cook, Sir Andrew
- Cook, William, Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Hand inc edge tool production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Metal casting
Notes:
Traces origins to Glasgow where William Cook, 1816-98, established as a saw manufacturing business in c1840s. Early 1880s a factory established at Sheffield to make steel castings (especially for the coal mining industry) and tools. Sheffield and Glasgow businesses legally separated 1902 through incorporation as William Cook & Sons (Sheffield) Ltd and William Cook & Sons (Glasgow) Ltd, although ownership and operating links maintained until 1940s. Cook Sheffield expanded rapidly post 1950, building a major new plant in 1960s/70s. 1956 converted to public company. Revived from early 1980s under (Sir) Andrew Cook. Acquired significant UK competitors. Delisted 1997. 2020 continues as William Cook group, a specialist caster for a wide range of applications including in areas of railways and defence
Publications:
- Collected Writings of Andrew Cook by Cook, Andrew, with Bernard Ginns
- History of the William Cook Company and the Cook Family from the Eighteenth Century to 1985 by Hansen, Philip
- Thrice Through the Fire. A history of the William Cook Company from 1985 to 1998 by Cook, Andrew
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Cook, William
- Cook, William, & Sons (Glasgow) Ltd
- Cook, Sir Andrew
- Cook, William, Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Hand inc edge tool production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal casting
Notes:
Traces origins to Glasgow where William Cook, 1816-98, established as a saw manufacturing business in c1840s. Early 1880s a factory established at Sheffield to make steel castings (especially for the coal mining industry) and tools. Sheffield and Glasgow businesses legally separated 1902 through incorporation as William Cook & Sons (Sheffield) Ltd and William Cook & Sons (Glasgow) Ltd, although ownership and operating links maintained until 1940s. Cook Sheffield expanded rapidly post 1950, building a major new plant in 1960s/70s. 1956 converted to public company. Revived from early 1980s under (Sir) Andrew Cook. Acquired significant UK competitors. Delisted 1997. 2020 continues as William Cook group, a specialist caster for a wide range of applications including in areas of railways and defencePublications:
- Collected Writings of Andrew Cook by Cook, Andrew, with Bernard Ginns
- History of the William Cook Company and the Cook Family from the Eighteenth Century to 1985 by Hansen, Philip
- Thrice Through the Fire. A history of the William Cook Company from 1985 to 1998 by Cook, Andrew