| 1896 |
James George Accles was originally a gunsmith,
trading as Accles Ltd at Holford Mills, Perry Bar, Birmingham.
He diversified into general engineering, and the cycle
and engineering department made 600 bicycles a week along
with tubing, weaving machines, boot stitching machines
and cartridge cases. |
| 1897 |
Charles McRobie Turrell, General Manager
at The Coventry Motor Company Ltd took out a patent for
motorcycle starting cranks which allowed the foot pedals
to be used for starting and then repositioned to be used
as a foot rest. |
| 1899 |
Accles took out patents for a carburettor
and for ignition systems for petrol engines. By October,
Turrell had joined him and a joint 'autocar' patent was
taken out, shortly followed by the forming of 'Accles-Turrell
Autocars'. |
| 1899 |
Accles & Turrell took out a joint patent
for a hydraulic clutch mechanism and produced a small
car with mahogany bodywork by Mulliners of Northampton. |
| 1899 |
Accles Tube syndicate formed |
| 1901 |
Company renamed Accles & Pollock after
financial backing from Thomas Pollock |
| 1907 |
First tubular sections for aircraft |
| 1910 |
Accles & Pollock build the world's
first all-metal aircraft, the Mayfly |
| 1910 |
Merger with Merriman and Oldbury Steel
Conduit to form Accles & Pollock Limited, making tubing
and fasteners |
| 1913 |
Accles & Pollock secured the first
patent of seamless tapered steel golf shafts; later trading
as Apollo |
| 1919 |
Formation of Tube Investments (TI) by Accles
& Pollock, Tubes Limited, Simplex and Credenda |
| 1931 |
Formation of Practical Equipment Limited
(PEL) within Accles & Pollock |
| 1932 |
Acquisition of Metal Sections trading as
part of Accles & Pollock |
| 1939 |
Formation of Tubemakers of Australia by
TI and Accles & Pollock |
| 1939 |
 This
filigree work contains 8,050 pieces of Accles & Pollock
cold drawn seamless steel tube taken from our stock and
exhibited at the New York world fair |
| 1946 |
Pel becomes a separate TI company, now
trading as just PEL |
| 1948 |
Metal Sections becomes a separate TI Company,
now trading as Metsec |
| 1963 |
Part of Accles & Pollock Stainless
Division and Talbot Stead Tube Co. joined together to
form TI Stainless Tube, now trading as Sterling Tube in
the Sanvik Group |
| 1963 |
World's smallest tube produced |
| 1972 |
New material for nuclear fuel cladding |
| 1973 |
TI Stainless Tubes, Dudley factory, transferred
to Accles & Pollock to form the Stainless Fittings
Division |
| 1980 |
TI Alma National business transferred To
Accles & Pollock |
| 1983 |
TI Tubes Limited business transferred to
Accles & Pollock |
| 1984 |
Accles & Pollock Carbon Steel Tube
business (concentrated on the Broadwell site) renamed
Cold Drawn Tube; initially part TI- and part British Steel-
owned. From 1988 until present owned completely by British
Steel |
| 1985 |
Accles & Pollock General Manipulation
and Bus Seat Departments transferred To TI Tube Products,
now part Of Tyco International |
| 1986 |
Stainless Fittings, Dudley, sold to Victaulic,
now part of Glynwed |
| 1987 |
Golf Shaft and Sporting Goods business
set up independently as TI Apollo, now trading as Apollo
Sports Technologies |
| 1991 |
Acquisition of Asdor and additional equipment
to re-form Accles & Pollock Aerospace Manipulation
Department |
| 1993 |
Acquisition of Carbon Aircraft
Tube Plant from Cold Drawn Tube to re-form Accles &
Pollock Aircraft And Specialist Carbon Mill |
| 1996 |
TI Group sells Accles & Pollock to
the Hay Hall Group |
| 1998 |
Hay Hall Group sells Accles & Pollock
to Senior Tube Limited, part of Senior Engineering Group
plc |
| 1999 |
Tyco International acquire Accles &
Pollock and Senior Tube Limited from Senior Engineering
Group |
| 1999 |
Accles & Pollock stainless mill closed,
but T45 and Alloys retained along with Manipulation Department,
which Joins Tyco Tube Components (UK) Ltd |
| 2001 |
Accles & Pollock ceased tube manufacture
to concentrate its resources in manipulation projects
for the aerospace and nuclear markets |
