Chubb Lock & Safe Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Chubb, Charles
- Chubb & Son Lock & Safe Co Ltd
- Chatwood Milner Ltd
- Hobbs Hart & Co Ltd
- Gross Cash Registers Ltd
- Racal Electronics Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Information processing equipment production
Business machine production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Safe, lock & key production
Notes:
Traced origins to c1818 when established by Charles Chubb, 1772-1846, at Portsea. Moved to London 1827. Making locks from 1830 and safes from 1846. Incorporated 1882 as Chubb & Son Lock & Safe Co Ltd. Established overseas subsidiaries from 1890s. Converted to public company 1948. Acquired in 1955 Chatwood Milner Ltd (an amalgamation of Chatwood Safe & Engineering Co Ltd and Milner's Safe Co Ltd) and in 1956 Hobbs Hart & Co Ltd. After 1945 established fire protection business through acquisitions. 1977 acquired Gross Cash Registers Ltd. 1984 acquired by Racal Electronics Ltd
Publications:
- Cash and Dash. How ATMs and computers changed banking by Batiz-Lazo, Bernardo
- Chubb. 150th anniversary, 1818-1968 by Unknown
- Contemporary Observations on Security from the Chubb Collecteana, 1818-1968 by Currer-Briggs, Noel
- House of Chubb, 1818-1918 by Chubb, George H, & Walter G Churcher
- Men with Pride. The House of Chubb, 1818-1948 by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Chubb, Charles
- Chubb & Son Lock & Safe Co Ltd
- Chatwood Milner Ltd
- Hobbs Hart & Co Ltd
- Gross Cash Registers Ltd
- Racal Electronics Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Information processing equipment production Business machine production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Safe, lock & key production
Notes:
Traced origins to c1818 when established by Charles Chubb, 1772-1846, at Portsea. Moved to London 1827. Making locks from 1830 and safes from 1846. Incorporated 1882 as Chubb & Son Lock & Safe Co Ltd. Established overseas subsidiaries from 1890s. Converted to public company 1948. Acquired in 1955 Chatwood Milner Ltd (an amalgamation of Chatwood Safe & Engineering Co Ltd and Milner's Safe Co Ltd) and in 1956 Hobbs Hart & Co Ltd. After 1945 established fire protection business through acquisitions. 1977 acquired Gross Cash Registers Ltd. 1984 acquired by Racal Electronics LtdPublications:
- Cash and Dash. How ATMs and computers changed banking by Batiz-Lazo, Bernardo
- Chubb. 150th anniversary, 1818-1968 by Unknown
- Contemporary Observations on Security from the Chubb Collecteana, 1818-1968 by Currer-Briggs, Noel
- House of Chubb, 1818-1918 by Chubb, George H, & Walter G Churcher
- Men with Pride. The House of Chubb, 1818-1948 by Unknown