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During the last 125 years, various Brush companies (Brush Switchgear, Brush Transformers, Brush Traction and Brush Control Gear) have existed on the Falcon Works site, but throughout this period Brush Electrical Machines Ltd manufacturing generators and motors has always been the largest company. Over 5,000 staff were employed on the site ...
The company's products include overhead electrical line and other outdoor switchgear for voltages up to 38 kV, indoor switchgear for voltages to 15 kV, containerised electrical substations, HV DC switchgear for currents up to 12 kA with voltages up to 1.8 kV and protection relays, as well as servicing, maintenance and repair services.
Charles Francis Brush gained respect for his pioneering work in electrical generation, lighting and motors as well as transformers. [1] In 1888, the London based Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation acquired the Falcon Engine and Car Works, [2] with their established skills of electrical engineering and transport engineering, moved 100 miles north into the newly acquired Falcon ...
In 1963, the names of the constituent companies were dropped, with products being rebranded as "Hawker Siddeley" or "HS". In this period, the company developed the first operational, and, by far, the most successful VTOL jet aircraft, the Harrier family. [1] This aircraft remained in production into the 1990s and remains in service.
BRUSH Turbogenerators manufacture large generators for gas turbine and steam turbine drive applications. The company was founded by Charles Francis Brush, who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA in 1849 and who had invented his first electric dynamo in 1876. [1] Melrose Industries completed the acquisition with FKI in 2008. [2]
Works plate on Beira Railway BR7 4-4-0. In 1889, the Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation Ltd was reconstructed, absorbing the Australasian Electric Light, Power, and Storage Company Ltd, and taking over the Falcon Works in Loughborough, with the new company to be called the Brush Electrical Engineering Company Ltd. [14] [15] [16]
The plant under Brush-Barclay ownership. During 2007, the company's poor financial position compelled it into administration. Shortly thereafter, the company was acquired by the Loughborough-based engineering company Brush Traction through its parent, the FKI Group. [2] To reflect its change in ownership, it was rebranded as Brush-Barclay. [3]
The company was established in 1913, by Samuel Ferguson and George Pailin to manufacture electrical switchgear. [1] The company acquired Mottram Hall to give employees an opportunity to go on affordable holidays during World War II. The company bought three properties in 1939/40 in order to provide holidays for staff and workers during the war.