William Kenyon & Sons Limited was founded in 1866. The company began by manufacturing rope drives for use in industrial power transmission. The company diversified into making rope for carrier systems and for the paper industry. The company supplied the ropes used in the first ascent of Everest by Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.

The British Wedge Wire Co Ltd, based in Warrington, manufactured woven wire belts and belt conveyors. The company also produced other types of conveyor including elevators and lowerators all under the brand name Wedco.

Frank Wigglesworth & Company Limited manufactured transmission equipment from its Clutch Works, Bradford. The company built mechanical overhead power transmission systems, haulage pulleys and friction clutches for industrial purposes.

Herbert Morris Ltd was established in 1912. The company followed on from predecessor company Morris and Bastert Ltd, and was located at Empress Works, Loughborough. The company’s owner Herbert Morris began his working life as a salesman of pulley blocks in London. In 1889, he bought an interest in the lifting gear manufacturer Shardlows of Sheffield. He was joined in the business by the German engineer Frank Bastert. The company, now known as Morris and Bastert, manufactured lifting pulley blocks from its Sheffield Crane Works in Attercliffe, Sheffield. It relocated to Loughborough in 1897 to take advantage of better transport links and a larger manufacturing site. Herbert Morris Ltd expanded rapidly between 1912 and 1914. By the latter date, the company had sales offices in London, Glasgow, Belfast, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sheffield. It also had offices in Paris and Toronto. The company was listed in trade directories as manufacturers of electric, pneumatic and hand overhead travelling cranes, pulley blocks, conveyors, overhead runways and lifting miscellanea. In 1919, Herbert Morris Ltd became the first company in Loughborough to introduce a formal system of day-release apprenticeship in association with Loughborough College. The company expanded further in the 1920s, starting with the acquisition of the boiler works of H. Coltman and Son Ltd in Loughborough and the construction of new premises known as the North Works alongside the Coltman factory. During the early 1930s, Herbert Morris Ltd took over several rival businesses, including Craven Brothers Ltd in Manchester, Royce Ltd at Trafford Park, and Vaughan Crane Co of Manchester. On the death of Herbert Morris in 1931, his son Frank Morris took over as chairman of the company, a position he held until 1969. The company became a public limited company in 1939. The increase in trade restrictions after the Second World War led to the establishment of subsidiary companies in South Africa, Australia and India. In 1959, the company acquired all shares in British Mono Rail Ltd of Yorkshire and over the next decade built Goliath cranes for British Railway Freight. During the 1970s, manufacturing included the assembly of overhead cranes for Cammell Laird’s shipyards. The company board sold its holdings in Herbert Morris Ltd to Babcock and Wilcox in 1976, with Davy International acquiring the company in 1977.

Herbert K Staub manufactured and supplied the Picador brand of engineering products. The company was based in London.

Edward Williams Manufacturing Co Ltd, began operating as machinists and tool makers in Winson Green, Birmingham. The company became best known for the manufacture of patent chain wheels and cranks for bicycles from the 1890s at its Foundry Lane works in Smethwick. The company is known to have still been in operation in 1969, from an advert describing it as "also specialists in sprockets and gear cutting".

Edward Fisher established his original company in 1852. Henry Ludlow joined him as a partner around 1882 and the company became known as Fisher and Ludlow. The partners produced a variety of metalware, including kettle necks, metal lids, spouts, buckets and assorted stampings and piercings. The company expanded its pressed steelware and eventually began to turn out motorcar body parts. In 1920, Fisher and Ludlow became a public company, changing its name to Fisher and Ludlow Limited. Success in the production of motorcar body parts meant that by 1938 the company was producing parts for eight types of motor car. By 1946, the company was also making motorcar body parts for Rover and Jaguar. Fisher and Ludlow Limited also acquired a substantial interest in Bendix Home Appliances, making use of the company’s expertise in the mass production of pressed steel parts. Fisher and Ludlow Limited completed its share acquisition in Bendix Home Appliances Ltd in 1951. In 1953 Fisher and Ludlow Limited became a subsidiary of the British Motor Corporation. Production of domestic appliances was moved to a new purpose-built factory in Kirby, Lancashire. In 1966 the company linked up with Parkinson Cowan to look at producing new products. Fisher-Bendix was formed as a result of the partnership. The British Motor Corporation became part of British Leyland Motor Corporation by 1968. Fisher and Ludlow Limited merged with the Pressed Steel Co to form Pressed Steel Fisher, and Parkinson Cowan purchased Fisher-Bendix.