British Engineering.

Progress, Volume XV, Issue 1, 1 September 1919, Page 599

British Engineering.

In British Engineering circles there is a markedtendency towards cue amalgamation oi mterests, ana the results m many cases aire iar irom lavuuraDie to the -jveiseas bu\er of engineering products, The latest re-construction sciieme however wnicn comes to light, that of tne rseardmore-r>urcn concern, is quite free irom objectionable features. in recent years iviessis W. lseardmore and (Jo. have acquired a world wide reputation as manufacturer's of armaments and other (requirements of the lighting services, and they are now rapidly converting their Clyde workshops from war to peace productions. In order to deal speedily,and successfully with the surplus output available for export, they have come to a working arrangement with Messrs John Birch and ,Co., the well known Export Engineers of London, whereby the latter organisation for distribution, which extends practically to every part of the world, is placed at their disposal. The organisation thus provided obviates the necessity which would otherwise face Messrs Beardmoire and Co. of establishing a similar organisation on their own account in all markets, and brings them into immediate touch with these markets. Incidentally this case proves that the export merchant or middle man is regarded in quarters which ought to know, not as the unworthy encumbrance, he is sometimes represented to be, but as a valuable asset to trade. It is understood that the capital of Messrs John Birch and Co. has been largely increased in order to cover the expansion of business.