Coventry Gauge & Tool Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Harley, Sir Harry
- Walter Tatlow
- Matrix
- Tube Investments Ltd
- Matrix Engineering Ltd
- TI Matrix Engineering Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Brechin, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, Scotland
- Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Machine tool production
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Transport equipment production
Motor vehicle engines & components production
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Mechanical engineering
Printing machinery production
Notes:
Established at Coventry in 1913 by (Sir) Harry Harley as Walter Tatlow. Renamed Coventry Gauge & Tool Co Ltd in 1920 and converted to a public company 1928. Made machine tools, clutches and brakes for machine tools, industrial power transmission equipment, printing machinery, etc. 1939 set up a shadow factory at Brechin, Angus. Matrix became its brandname. 1969 acquired by Tube Investments Ltd and subsequently renamed Matrix Engineering Ltd and, in 1979, TI Matrix Engineering Ltd
Publications:
- Coventry Gauge & Tool Co Ltd. Coventry Factory Open Day ... 1963 by Unknown
- Machine Tools for Precision Production by Unknown
- Matrix. The home of high precision engineering by Unknown
- Precision Par Excellence. A story of forty years in the advancement of engineering practice by Unknown
- Rise and Fall of Coventry's Machine Tool Industry. Profiles of four companies whose products made Coventry famous worldwide. Based on talks given to the Warwickshire Industrial Archaeology Society by Astrop, Arthur
- TI Matrix Engineering Ltd. Fifty years in Brechin, 1939-1989 by Fraser, G S, et al
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Harley, Sir Harry
- Walter Tatlow
- Matrix
- Tube Investments Ltd
- Matrix Engineering Ltd
- TI Matrix Engineering Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Brechin, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, Scotland
- Coventry, Coventry, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Machine tool production
- Transport equipment production Motor vehicle engines & components production
- Mechanical engineering Printing machinery production
Notes:
Established at Coventry in 1913 by (Sir) Harry Harley as Walter Tatlow. Renamed Coventry Gauge & Tool Co Ltd in 1920 and converted to a public company 1928. Made machine tools, clutches and brakes for machine tools, industrial power transmission equipment, printing machinery, etc. 1939 set up a shadow factory at Brechin, Angus. Matrix became its brandname. 1969 acquired by Tube Investments Ltd and subsequently renamed Matrix Engineering Ltd and, in 1979, TI Matrix Engineering LtdPublications:
- Coventry Gauge & Tool Co Ltd. Coventry Factory Open Day ... 1963 by Unknown
- Machine Tools for Precision Production by Unknown
- Matrix. The home of high precision engineering by Unknown
- Precision Par Excellence. A story of forty years in the advancement of engineering practice by Unknown
- Rise and Fall of Coventry's Machine Tool Industry. Profiles of four companies whose products made Coventry famous worldwide. Based on talks given to the Warwickshire Industrial Archaeology Society by Astrop, Arthur
- TI Matrix Engineering Ltd. Fifty years in Brechin, 1939-1989 by Fraser, G S, et al