Cotton machinery manufacturer, Manchester, based at Union Iron Works, West Gorton, Manchester, and Junction Iron Works, Newton Heath, Manchester. The firm was founded by Samuel Brooks in 1859 and became Brooks and Doxey in 1892 when R.A. Doxey joined as partner. In 1931, Brooks and Doxey sold their textile machinery making assets to Textile Machinery Makers (TMM) in return for shares. The individual units continued to trade under their own names until the 1970s, when they were rationalised into one company called Platt UK Ltd.

Machine maker and ironfounder based at Atlas Iron Works, Rochdale. Known to have been active 1891-1955.

Dobson & Barlow Limited manufactured textile machinery. Isaac Dobson established the company in 1790. His grandson Benjamin Dobson entered into a partnership in 1846 with a Mr Metcalf to form Dobson & Metcalf. The original Black Horse Street works in Bolton were sold the same year, and the new company established expanded works on Kay Street, known as the Globe Works. Edward Barlow joined the company as a partner in 1851, at which point the company became known as Dobson & Barlow. It became Dobson & Barlow Limited in 1892. The First World War saw the company move from textile machinery manufacture to munitions work, manufacturing hand grenades, artillery shells, field kitchens, mobile workshops, naval mines and search lights. It was one of the largest munitions manufacturers in the area. The company traded as a sole concern until the depression during the 1930s. In 1931, the company merged with other textile machinery makers to form the Textile Machinery Makers Ltd. Dobson & Barlow Limited continued to trade under its own name until 1970, when Textile Machinery Makers Ltd was rationalised to form Platt UK Ltd.

1835-1933, boilermaker and engineer, Manchester. Engineering firm Galloway, Bowman and Glasgow was established in Lancashire in 1790 by William Galloway. The business had an iron foundry, and also manufactured mill wheels. In 1836, following the death of William Galloway, his sons William and John Galloway left the company and established their own firm, W. and J. Galloway at Knott Mill Ironworks. The company became W. and J. Galloway and sons in 1856, and became a private company, Galloways Ltd in 1889. In 1899 Galloways became a private limited company. The business became one of the leading suppliers of steam boilers to mills and factories in the Manchester area, but the firm manufactured a range of other metal goods. These included rivets, screw jacks, pipes, axels and wagons for railways and planing machinery. In 1848 the company patented their double-fire flue boiler, known as the Galloway Boiler. This would become the firm's best-known product. By the 1850s and 1860s the firm had a diverse international business. This included the supply of gunpowder mills and steam engines to powder mills in Constantinople, steam engines and gearings for Russian cotton mills around St. Petersburg area, and machinery for Indian-based cotton mills. The company was also engaged in civil engineering projects, notably building a viaduct for the Ulverston and Lancaster Railway in 1855-1857 and Southport Pier in 1859-1860. In 1856 Charles and John Galloway, became partners in the family business. Charles would become its Chairman in 1889. At its peak, Galloways employed more than 1,000 people. Galloways ceased trading and went into receivership in 1932. The firm's records, drawings and patterns were purchased by Hick, Hargreaves & Co. of Bolton in 1933.