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Modern Machine Tools Ltd. of The Butts Works, Maudslay Road, Coventry.

1921 Company founded. ?

1928 New Companies Registered: 'Modern Machine Tools Ltd. — Capital 500ドル in 1ドル shares. Objects: To carry on the business of manufacturers and repairers of and dealers in machine-tools, machinery, motor cycles, cars, vehicles and carriages of all kinds engineers, machinists, &c. The first directors are H. Weston, 9 Queensland Avenue Coventry, engineer; P. A. Dingley, North Waste, Ide Hill, near Coventry, engineer.'^[1]

In 1929 the firm was advertising for machine tool fitters. The address was Viaduct Works, Spon End, Coventry.^[2] .

By April 1930 the address was Butts Works, Coventry.

1930-39 Annual reports in Coventry Archives^[3]

1938 The "Weston" Siphon Pump.

1951 Acquired Westbourne Engineering.^[4]

1953 Sold the freehold of its factory on Maudslay Road Coventry and moved to new premises nearer the city centre.^[5]

1955 Acquired by Gas Purification and Chemical Co.^[6]

1961 Manufacturers and dealers in machine tools. 100 employees. ^[7]

1962 Sold to B. Elliott and Co.^[8]

1966 Factory moved from Coventry to Brookfield Road, Birmingham.^[9]

See lathe.co.uk entry.

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