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The company moved to a converted mill in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, in 1963; in 1971 they relocated to a £125,000 purpose-built factory at nearby Westbury. Problems with exporting cars to the US and the move to the expensive new premises led to financial troubles, and in 1971 Marcos went out of business.
By 1900, pneumatic tyres for bicycles were being produced, and by 1906 the first car tyres were advertised under the Avon brand. [2] The company acquired the Sirdar Rubber Works at Greenland Mill in Bradford on Avon in 1915. [2] The company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1933. It acquired the rival company of George Spencer ...
Bradford-on-Avon was the site of an early factory for rubber products, established at Kingston Mill by Stephen Moulton in 1848 and later named George Spencer, Moulton and Co. The company was acquired by Avon Rubber , a large manufacturer of rubber products for the automotive and other industries, and production continued until 1993. [ 19 ]
Pages in category "Bradford-on-Avon" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Contact Wikipedia; Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics;
Westwood is a large village and a civil parish in west Wiltshire, England.The village is about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) southwest of the town of Bradford-on-Avon.. Upper Westwood, on a ridge crest to the north, was a distinct settlement from Lower Westwood but 20th-century housing filled the gap. [2]
Avoncliff is a small village in west Wiltshire, England, in the north of Westwood parish about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Bradford-on-Avon.. It is the point at which the Kennet and Avon canal crosses the river and railway line via the Avoncliff Aqueduct, which was built by John Rennie and chief engineer John Thomas, between 1797 and 1801.
Bradford Leigh is a hamlet in Wiltshire, England. It lies in the parish of South Wraxall , about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) northeast of the centre of the town of Bradford on Avon . The area was formerly a tithing of the parish of Bradford on Avon. [ 1 ]
The Moulton space frame in the MoMA. Moulton is an English bicycle manufacturer based in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire.The company was founded in 1962 by Alex Moulton (1920–2012) who had designed the "Hydrolastic" and rubber cone suspension systems for the BMC Mini motorcar. [1]