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A
Century of Achievement for Rubery Owen
The
Darlaston firm has been at the forefront of automotive component
technology since the birth of the motor car.
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Motor
Vehicle Industry Expands
The
third generation of the Owen family joined the firm in the 1960's,
when current group chairman David Owen started the motor division.
Through the turbulent times in the 1970's and 1980's Rubery Owen
Holdings has changed shape.
Although
the Glory years were spent in the motor vehicle component industry,
with Rubery Owen being one of the main suppliers in the car, truck,
trailer and tractor industry, the family tradition & entrepreneurial
spirit in developing new business and creating worthwhile employment
has continued. Rubery Owen, although still very much wedded to the
component industry, are now committed to servicing the industry
rather than producing the components.
Rubery Owen is always at the forefront of research and design. As
well as establishing ROTECH LABORATORIES another firm has been set
up for the 21st Century -
ROZONE, with its range of SmartWashers, a self recycling parts-cleaner
for automotive and engineering operations. |
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the company and became the driving force behind
its success in the 20th Century.
The
firm went from being simple Rubery & Co to Rubery Owen in 1905 and
was then taken over entirely by Mr Owen 5 years later when John
Rubery retired.
By
1912 the firm had 5 departments supplying roofing, fencing, motor
frames, engineering and aviation components and continued to expand
through the 1920's and 1930's, when the business was handed on to
his sons Alfred and Ernest.
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