Ransome Hoffmann & Pollard Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Hoffmann Manufacturing Co Ltd
- Hoffmann, E G
- Barrett, Geoffrey
- Barrett, Charles
- Ransom & Marles Bearings Co Ltd
- Pollard Ball & Roller Bearing Co Ltd
- RHP Ltd
- NSK RHP
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chelmsford, Essex, Essex, East of England, England
- Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Bearings production
Notes:
Established 1970 as a government encouraged merger of the UK's leading ball bearing manufacturers, viz: Hoffmann Manufacturing Co Ltd of Chelmsford, established 1898 by E G Hoffmann and Geoffrey and Charles Barrett; Ransom & Marles Bearings Co Ltd of Newark, established 1900 and incorporated 1917; and Pollard Ball & Roller Bearing Co Ltd, latterly of Ferrybridge. Made ball and roller bearings for a very wide range of applications. Renamed RHP Ltd. 1989 head office moved from Chelmsford to Newark. 1990 acquired by NSK of Japan and renamed NSK RHP. Continues in 2008
Publications:
- Intervention in the Mixed Economy. The evolution of British industrial policy, 1964-72 by Young, Stephen, & A V Lowe
- NSK RHP, 1900-2000. A revolutionary century. 100 years of the Stanley Works by Wood, Ron
- RHP. Ransome Hoffmann & Pollard Ltd by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Hoffmann Manufacturing Co Ltd
- Hoffmann, E G
- Barrett, Geoffrey
- Barrett, Charles
- Ransom & Marles Bearings Co Ltd
- Pollard Ball & Roller Bearing Co Ltd
- RHP Ltd
- NSK RHP
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chelmsford, Essex, Essex, East of England, England
- Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Bearings production
Notes:
Established 1970 as a government encouraged merger of the UK's leading ball bearing manufacturers, viz: Hoffmann Manufacturing Co Ltd of Chelmsford, established 1898 by E G Hoffmann and Geoffrey and Charles Barrett; Ransom & Marles Bearings Co Ltd of Newark, established 1900 and incorporated 1917; and Pollard Ball & Roller Bearing Co Ltd, latterly of Ferrybridge. Made ball and roller bearings for a very wide range of applications. Renamed RHP Ltd. 1989 head office moved from Chelmsford to Newark. 1990 acquired by NSK of Japan and renamed NSK RHP. Continues in 2008Publications:
- Intervention in the Mixed Economy. The evolution of British industrial policy, 1964-72 by Young, Stephen, & A V Lowe
- NSK RHP, 1900-2000. A revolutionary century. 100 years of the Stanley Works by Wood, Ron
- RHP. Ransome Hoffmann & Pollard Ltd by Unknown