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Parsons Chain Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Parsons, Harry
  • Parsons Non Skid Co Ltd
  • Weed Chain Tire Grip Co
  • British Wire Products Ltd
  • Babcock International Industries

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Clapham, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
  • Stourport, Worcestershire, Hereford & Worcester, West Midlands, England

Sectors:

  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Chain production

Notes:

Established 1903 at Clapham, London, by Harry Parsons as Parsons Non Skid Co Ltd to make tyre chains. Benefited from patents. 1915 acquired by Weed Chain Tire Grip Co of USA. By then largest producers of 'chain assemblies in British Isles'. 1924 acquired British Wire Products Ltd. 1931 established plant at Stourport to make chain for the first time. 1932 renamed Parsons Chain Co Ltd. By then making chain products for many industrial uses. 1976 acquired by Babcock International Industries. By 1977 producing 75% of chains used in Britain

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