Crossley Brothers Ltd was the successor company to Crossley Brothers. Following early success with the Otto engines, Crossley Brothers expanded and was registered as a limited company in 1881. In 1882, the company moved to new premises in Pottery Lane, Openshaw, Manchester. In 1891 the company began producing oil fuelled engines and in 1896, the company acquired rights to manufacture engines on the diesel system, producing their first diesel engine in 1898. By the beginning of the 20th century, some petrol engines had been introduced, along with production line technology, and from 1901 petrol engines were being supplied for road vehicles. This led to the establishment of a second company, Crossley Motors Ltd, in 1906. This company had operated from 1904 as the vehicle manufacturing arm of Crossley Brothers based at the Pottery Lane factory. Crossley Brothers Ltd began to expand nationally following the First World War, beginning in 1919 with the acquisition of Premier Gas Engines of Sandiacre, Nottingham and H P Saunderson & Co of Elstow Works, Bradford in 1924. Both new subsidiaries retained their own names. Manufacture of diesel and petrol engines at Crossley Brothers Ltd remained steady until the 1960s, when sales began to fall. To improve on designs that were over 40 years old, Crossley Brothers Ltd entered into an agreement to manufacture the French Pielstick design of diesel engine in 1962. Production was initially carried out at Nottingham based subsidiary Crossley Premier Engines Ltd but failed to save the company. In 1965, the receivers were called in and the company was restructured, with subsidiaries including Crossley Premier Engines Ltd sold off. In 1968, Crossley Brothers Ltd was acquired by the Amalgamated Power Engineering Group and was renamed APE-Crossley.

Willys-Overland Crossley was established in 1919 and jointly owned by Crossley Motors Ltd and Willys-Overland. The company had factories in Stockport (outside Manchester), Antwerp and Berlin manufacturing cars, trucks and buses. The Stockport factory was located in Heaton Chapel and had originally been National Aircraft Factory No3, which Crossley managed during the First World War. The business based its products on the Overland 4 model and production began in 1920. The failure of the Overland 13.9, based Willys-Overland Model 91 with a Morris engine, prompted Crossley to sell the A. V. Roe aircraft company to cover its losses. In 1929 the company decided to concentrate on its more profitable commercial vehicles and to stop manufacturing cars. In 1932 Crossley dissolved the business partnership with Willys-Overland, but production continued until 1934. The Heaton Chapel factory was sold to Fairey Aviation.

East African Standard Ltd published a weekly newspaper of the same name in Nairobi, Kenya. The newspaper was first published under the name 'The African Standard' in 1902 and was the creation of Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee, who sold his stake in 1905 to Maia Anderson and Franz Mayer. Under the new owners the name was changed to The East African Standard', the paper became a daily, and in 1910 moved from Mombasa to Nairobi. The paper changed hands again in 1963, when it was bought by the British company the Lonrho Group. The paper was sold to Kenyan investors in 1995. In 1989 the company acquired a television station, KTN, and a radio station, Radio Maisha. The name of the paper has fluctuated between 'The Standard' and 'The East African Standard' over time. As of 2019, the newspaper is the oldest in Kenya.