Timber merchant active c1920-1928 to current.

1884-1932, Electrical and mechanical engineer, Manchester Formed in 1884 as Royce Limited. Registered on 4 June 1891, as F. H. Royce and Co, to take over the business of electrical and mechanical engineers of the firm of the same name. It became a limited company in 1894. In 1904, the company manufactured their first car, and in 1906, Henry Royce and Charles Rolls form Rolls Royce Limited. Royce Ltd was acquired by Herbert Morris of Loughborough in 1932.

The company was originally founded by John James Royle who had premises situated on Liverpool Road, Irlam. In 1900 it became a registered company to take over the business of John Royle. The company specialised as heating engineers for commercial and domestic customers supplying feed water heaters, calorifiers, steam traps, reducing valves and other heating appliances. During the 1960s the company became a subsidiary of the Fairbairn Lawson Group where it continued to manufacture steam traps and valves in the Filtration Fluid Control Division. In 1980 Royles Ltd passed into the hands of the Receiver and as a result the steam trapping side of the business was acquired by Spirax Sarco Ltd, Cheltenham.

Active c1920

Crane manufacturer based in Openshaw, Manchester. Formed in 1889 as Vaughan and Son, changing its name to The Vaughan Crane Company in 1915. The company was acquired by Herbert Morris in the 1930s.