EG Wrigley and Company

EG Wrigley and Company

EG Wrigley and Company Ltd. was a British car, car component, and mechanical parts manufacturer, located at Foundry Lane, Soho, Birmingham.

Edward Greenwood Wrigley established a tool making business at 232 Aston Road, Birmingham in 1898. EG Wrigley and Company moved to Foundry lane, Soho, Birmingham in 1902. In 1906 Wrigley's showed a complete car gearbox at that year's Olympia Show and by 1912 were manufacturing front and rear axles.

In 1913 they began experimenting with a cyclecar with a two cylinder, air- or water-cooled engine and two speed gearbox. Very few were built before the company was involved in war work, including making aircraft parts. After the war Wrigley handed over the running of his company due to ill health, he died in January 1941.

The company continued building, among other products, engines and gearboxes. At the end of 1923 the company went into receivership and on January 1, 1924 William Morris bought the complete assets, including the buildings, and on February 4th of that year, the Wrigley works were incorporated as Morris Commercial Cars Limited, for the manufacture of commercial vehicles based on Morris car chassis.

Wrigley cars were only made during 1913.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company — infobox Company company name = William Wrigley Jr. Company company company type = Public (NYSE: [http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=WWY WWY] ) foundation = Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1891 location = 410 North Michigan Avenue… …   Wikipedia

  • Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company — Unternehmensform Aktiengesellschaft Gründung 1. April 1891 Unternehmenssitz Chicago,Illinois …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wrigley — may refer to:* Wrigley, Kentucky, United States * Wrigley, Northwest Territories, Canada * Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, a chewing gum manufacturer * EG Wrigley and Company, a British car, car component, and mechanical parts manufacturer * Wrigley… …   Wikipedia

  • Marshall Field and Company Building — This article is about the flagship store location. For the Oak Park Marshall Field Store Building, see Marshall Field and Company Store. Marshall Field Company Building U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

  • J. G. Brill and Company — Infobox Company name = J. G. Brill and Company type = Private genre = foundation = 1868 founder = John George Brill location city = Philadelphia, PA location country = USA location = locations = area served = key people = industry = rail… …   Wikipedia

  • Wrigley Building — à Chicago Le Wrigley Building est un gratte ciel situé 410 N. Michigan Avenue dans le quartier de Streeterville, dans le secteur de Near North Side de la ville de Chicago aux États Unis. Il fut conçu par le cabinet d architectes …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Wrigley's™ — Wrigley’s™ [Wrigleys] noun [U] ↑chewing gum made by the US William Wrigley Jr Company of ↑Chicago. It is available in several different flavours, including Wrigley’s Spearmint and Juicy Fruit, as well as Hubba Bubba bubble gum …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wrigley Field — For the former ballpark in Los Angeles, see Wrigley Field (Los Angeles). Wrigley Field The Friendly Confines Cubs Park Wrigley Field in 2004 Former names …   Wikipedia

  • Wrigley Square — This article is about the Monument park in Chicago. For the Chicago baseball stadium, see Wrigley Field. Millennium Monument (Chicago) redirects here. For other uses, see Millennium Monument (disambiguation). Wrigley Square Millennium Monument… …   Wikipedia

  • Wrigley, William, Jr. — ▪ American manufacturer born , Sept. 30, 1861, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. died Jan. 26, 1932, Phoenix, Ariz.       American salesman and manufacturer whose company became the largest producer and distributor of chewing gum in the world.… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”