Borg & Beck

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Borg & Beck
Company type Private
Industry Automotive industry
Founded1903;122 years ago (1903) in Moline, Illinois, in the United States
FounderCharles Borg and Marshall Beck
Headquarters
Banbury, Oxfordshire
,
United Kingdom
Area served
worldwide
Products clutch, braking, steering, suspension, filters, cables, wheel bearings, cooling, turbo hoses
Parent First Line Ltd
Divisions Automotive Aftermarket

Borg & Beck is a British car parts company owned by First Line Ltd. [1] [2] [3]

It was started as a tool company in Moline, Illinois, in the United States, by Charles Borg and Marshall Beck. [4] In 1909 they invented the first practical sliding clutch. [5] [6] It merged with other companies in 1928 to become BorgWarner. [4] In 1931, the Borg & Beck Company Limited was set up by Automotive Products in the UK to manufacture clutches under American patents from Borg & Beck in the USA. [7] This allowed the company to sell British made Borg & Beck clutches in Great Britain, British Overseas Territories and the British Empire (except Canada). [8]

The company was particularly successful in the UK, where, during the 1970s, over 85% of British-made vehicles had a Borg & Beck clutch fitted as OE. [6] The Borg & Beck brand was purchased in 2006 by First Line Ltd. [6] who supply over 40,000 products across 60 different product groups to the Automotive Aftermarket globally. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Automotive Aftermarket Parts Supplier home of First Line & Borg & Beck". www.firstlineltd.com. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  2. ↑ Borg & Beck Ltd: Company number 11881303. Companies House. Accessed October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Company - Borg & Beck". www.borgandbeck.com. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  4. 1 2 "Borg & Beck – Rhino International".
  5. ↑ Casey, Robert J. (1948). Mr. Clutch ; the story of George William Borg. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co.
  6. 1 2 3 "Revealed: invention of the first practical sliding clutch". May 16, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "About Borg & Beck, est. 1903 and a globally renowned Clutch specialist". www.borgandbeck.com. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  8. ↑ "About Borg & Beck, est. 1903 and a globally renowned Clutch specialist". www.borgandbeck.com. Retrieved 2022-01-26.


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