Kirkby Manufacturing & Engineering Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Thorn Electrical
- International Property Development Ltd
- Clohurst Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
Sectors:
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electrical & non electrical appliances inc sewing machines, etc, production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Heating, cooling, refrigerating & ventilating equipment inc central heating boiler & radiator production
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Beverage production
Soft drinks production inc mineral water
Notes:
Sometime owned by Thorn Electrical (factory known locally as Fisher Bendix) when made domestic appliances. Noted for poor labour relations. Disposed of by Thorn to a property business connected with International Property Development Ltd via an entity called Clohurst Ltd. Soon after in difficulties and in 1975 acquired by a government-backed workers' co-operative. Failed early 1980s. Made a varied mix of radiators, heaters, engineered products and fruit juice.
Publications:
- Dreams and Realities. Worker co-operatives in the mixed economy. The case of KME by Chaplin, Paul
- 'Kirkby Manufacturing & Engineering' in K Coates (ed), New Worker Co-operatives by Eccles, Tony
- KME. Working in a large co-operative. Workers' perceptions and experiences of the Kirkby Manufacturing & Engineering Co, 1974-1979 by Tynan, Eirlys, & Alan Thomas
- New Worker Co-operatives by Coates, Ken (ed)
- Producer Co-operatives in Market Systems. A case study of the Scottish Daily News in the context of the political economy of the press by Clarke, Tom
- Report of the Working Party on Kirkby Manufacturing & Engineering Co Ltd by Hague, Douglas C, et al
- Sit In at Fisher Bendix by Clarke, Tom
- Under New Management. The story of Britain's largest co-operative. Its success and failures by Eccles, Tony
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Thorn Electrical
- International Property Development Ltd
- Clohurst Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, England
Sectors:
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electrical & non electrical appliances inc sewing machines, etc, production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Heating, cooling, refrigerating & ventilating equipment inc central heating boiler & radiator production
- Beverage production Soft drinks production inc mineral water
Notes:
Sometime owned by Thorn Electrical (factory known locally as Fisher Bendix) when made domestic appliances. Noted for poor labour relations. Disposed of by Thorn to a property business connected with International Property Development Ltd via an entity called Clohurst Ltd. Soon after in difficulties and in 1975 acquired by a government-backed workers' co-operative. Failed early 1980s. Made a varied mix of radiators, heaters, engineered products and fruit juice.Publications:
- Dreams and Realities. Worker co-operatives in the mixed economy. The case of KME by Chaplin, Paul
- 'Kirkby Manufacturing & Engineering' in K Coates (ed), New Worker Co-operatives by Eccles, Tony
- KME. Working in a large co-operative. Workers' perceptions and experiences of the Kirkby Manufacturing & Engineering Co, 1974-1979 by Tynan, Eirlys, & Alan Thomas
- New Worker Co-operatives by Coates, Ken (ed)
- Producer Co-operatives in Market Systems. A case study of the Scottish Daily News in the context of the political economy of the press by Clarke, Tom
- Report of the Working Party on Kirkby Manufacturing & Engineering Co Ltd by Hague, Douglas C, et al
- Sit In at Fisher Bendix by Clarke, Tom
- Under New Management. The story of Britain's largest co-operative. Its success and failures by Eccles, Tony