35-477: The Television and Radio Industries Club (widely known as TRIC ) is a British institution chartered in 1931 to "promote goodwill in the television and radio industries". The Club holds an annual awards ceremony each year honouring achievement in television and radio. Membership is drawn from the communication, entertainment, manufacturing, warranty insurance and service sectors from programme makers and broadcasters to radio producers and makers. The TRIC presidency
70-469: A holding company known as Hawker Siddeley Group Plc after 1980. The group rationalised in the 1980s, focusing on railway engineering and signalling, industrial electronics and instrumentation and signalling equipment. Orenda Aerospace , the only remaining original company from the Avro Canada / Hawker Siddeley Canada era, although greatly diminished in size and scope of operations, became part of
105-445: A housing estate). There was an immense amount of innovative work done. To name a few things, railway vacuum brakes, numerous mechanical, electrical and electronic signalling innovations. The company pioneered the use of S.G. Iron (spheroidal graphite) for crank shafts and other items (followed in this by Ford U.K.) and was the first to produce an all-electronic control & monitoring system (Westronic, in various "styles") initially for
140-517: A part of The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company is Westcode , a high-power semiconductor manufacturer, now part of the IXYS Corporation . On 2 May 2013, the acquisition of Invensys Rail by Siemens was successfully completed. On 1 July 2013, the new company name for Invensys Rail Limited became 'Siemens Rail Automation Limited', with Westinghouse Brake & Signal Holdings becoming Siemens Rail Automation Holdings Limited. With this,
175-418: Is almost endless. Support activities included a well-equipped and staffed medical centre and apprentice training school and hostel. Apprentices fell into Trade, Craft, Technical, Student and Graduate categories. The company had a works restaurant (overalls allowed), a staff restaurant (smartish dress), and a directors' restaurant, all of which were supplied from the company allotments outside the north gate (now
210-601: Is an honorary position that usually has a fixed term of one year. For the first few decades of its existence, TRIC presidents were drawn mainly from TV/Radio industry pioneers or the world of politics. The 1970s heralded a shift and marked a period which saw the appointment of numerous broadcast industry executives. The 1990s saw another shift with appointments from the world of popular entertainment. Notable holders have included Robert Maxwell, Michael Grade, Bob Monkhouse, Bernard Ingham and Tony Hadley 1939-40: The Right Honourable J. H. Thomas 1938-39: Major L. H. Peter (Chairman of
245-507: The Canadian government , renaming the company A.V. Roe Canada, commonly known as Avro Canada , initially a wholly owned subsidiary of Hawker Siddeley. Avro Canada underwent a major expansion through aircraft development and acquisition of aircraft engine, mining, steel, railway rolling stock, computers, electronics, and other businesses to become, by 1958, Canada's third largest company directly employing over 14,000 people and providing 45% of
280-562: The Magellan Aerospace Corporation . The late 1980s also saw Hawker Siddeley divest itself of much of its other North American heavy manufacturing enterprises. Its Talladega , Alabama -based TreeFarmer heavy equipment business was sold to Franklin Equipment in 1990 and its Canadian rail car production facilities were split between SNC-Lavalin and Bombardier in 1992. In 1992, Hawker Siddeley Group Plc
315-778: The Royal Naval College in Greenwich , London. In 1948, Hawker Siddeley acquired a factory in Kingston upon Thames , Surrey , on the Richmond Road near Ham . This was to become their main aircraft factory and headquarters. In 1957, Hawker Siddeley purchased the Brush group of companies that included Brush Electrical Machines , and Brush Traction , which manufactures electromotive equipment and railway locomotives . The Brush prototype locomotives Falcon , and
350-615: The Westinghouse Air Brake Company . Predecessors of the British company included Evans O'Donnell Limited and Saxby and Farmer . Saxby and Farmer was started by John Saxby and John Stinson Farmer in the mid-19th century as pioneers in the manufacture of railway signalling equipment. In 1875 Saxby and Farmer had developed a mechanical linked braking system, which connected vehicles to brake simultaneously. In 1920, Saxby, Farmer and Evans O'Donnell merged to form
385-537: The Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Company Ltd. In 1979, the company was acquired by Hawker Siddeley . BTR plc then bought Westinghouse Brake and Signal in 1992. In 1999, BTR merged with Siebe plc to form " BTR Siebe plc ", later renamed "Invensys". Invensys quickly split the company into two divisions, Westinghouse Rail Systems and Westinghouse Brakes Ltd, selling Westinghouse Brakes to Munich-based competitor Knorr-Bremse . Also formerly
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#1732782550612420-478: The aero engine business, Armstrong Siddeley was merged with that of the Bristol Aero Engines to form Bristol Siddeley . In the late 1950s, the British government decided that with the decreasing number of aircraft contracts being offered, it was better to merge the existing companies, of which there were about 15 surviving at this point, into several much larger firms. Out of this decision, came
455-418: The "order" that all future contracts being offered had to include agreements to merge companies. In 1959, Folland Aircraft was acquired, followed by de Havilland Aircraft Company and Blackburn Aircraft in 1960. 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,
490-698: The Orange Line in 1980–81. Hawker Siddeley also manufactured much of the Toronto subway system's older rolling stock , the H5 and H6 models . The heavy rail manufacturing business, based in Mississauga and Thunder Bay , Ontario, are now part of Alstom . MBTA also bought a number of commuter rail coaches from the German firm Messerschmitt , thereby teaming Hawker Siddeley with its old World War II rival under
525-493: The Radio Manufacturers Association and Chief engineer, Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company ) 1937-38: M. M. Macqueen (Chairman of the Radio Manufacturers Association and later Chairman of General Electric Company ) The TRIC awards are bestowed annually and since 2019 the winners have been decided by public vote from a list of predetermined nominations within various categories. Traditionally,
560-600: The Westinghouse name disappeared from the railway signalling industry. Several years later, Siemens announced that it planned to merge its rail assets, including the former Westinghouse Signal business, with Alstom. There were also factories in Kingswood, Bristol ( Douglas Ltd – formerly Douglas Motorcycles then Douglas Vespa and vehicle air brake equipment), Hobbs Automatic Transmissions (epicyclic gearbox), Westcode Semiconductors (now IXYS Corporation ) The main factory
595-642: The awards ceremony has taken place at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, ever since the first Awards Lunch was held there in April 1969 when three awards were presented to Val Doonican , Kenneth Horne and The Forsyte Saga . In 2021, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the awards were presented in September instead of their usual March fixture and at 8 Northumberland Avenue near Trafalgar Square with an accompanying livestream. Since 1992 it has been
630-472: The cancellation of the Arrow, the company began to unravel. In 1962, A.V. Roe Canada was dissolved and the remaining assets were transferred to the now defunct Hawker Siddeley Canada . In 1948, the company name was changed to Hawker Siddeley Group . The aircraft division became Hawker Siddeley Aviation (HSA) and the guided missile and space technology operations as Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (HSD). In 1959,
665-731: The engineering works in Chippenham , Wiltshire , England and Melbourne , Australia. There were associate companies in South Africa (Saxby & Farmer Private) and India. The company's main factory of around 35 acres was located immediately north-east of Chippenham railway station on the Great Western Railway . The railway air brake was patented in the United States by George Westinghouse in 1869 (straight air brake) and 1872 (automatic air brake), establishing
700-474: The futuristic but over-weight HS4000 'Kestrel' , were produced there. Other railway engineering assets were acquired, including Westinghouse Brake & Signal and the engine builder Mirrlees Blackstone , which came with the Brush businesses. In the early 1970s, Hawker Siddeley's Canada Car and Foundry subsidiary began to build rapid transit vehicles for the North American market. The first order
735-834: The group. During the Second World War, Hawker Siddeley was one of the United Kingdom's most important aviation concerns, producing numerous designs including the famous Hawker Hurricane fighter plane that, along with the Supermarine Spitfire , was Britain's front-line defence in the Battle of Britain . During this campaign, Hurricanes outnumbered all other British fighters combined in service, and were responsible for shooting down 55 per cent of all enemy aircraft destroyed. In 1945, Hawker Siddeley purchased Victory Aircraft of Malton , Ontario , Canada from
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#1732782550612770-584: The honour of the TRIC president to host the awards ceremony, the only recent exceptions being the 2009 ceremony when Bill Turnbull stepped in on behalf of Sian Williams who was on maternity leave, and 2021 when Roman Kemp hosted in lieu of then president John Barrowman. Award winners from the twentieth century have included sports presenter David Coleman , newscaster Jan Leeming and long-running radio drama, The Archers . Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Ltd
805-494: The legacies of several British aircraft manufacturers, emerging through a series of mergers and acquisitions as one of only two such major British companies in the 1960s. In 1977, Hawker Siddeley became a founding component of the nationalised British Aerospace (BAe). Hawker Siddeley also operated in other industrial markets, such as locomotive building (through its ownership of Brush Traction ) and diesel engine manufacture (through its ownership of Lister Petter ). The company
840-617: The main factory site. On-site manufacturing capability covered every part of the engineering spectrum other than electron beam welding. There were acres of machine shops containing almost every variety of machine tool, extensive press shops, iron and non-ferrous foundries together with pattern shop and core shop, extensive drop-stamp forge, die-casting shops and tool room, tin-smiths' shop, copper oxide and selenium rectifier shops, electro-plating shop. The assembly and erection shops included wiring shops for signalling equipment, rectifier equipment, colliery equipment, railway signaling relays. The list
875-587: The most successful VTOL jet aircraft, the Harrier family . This aircraft remained in production into the 1990s and remains in service. The Hawker Siddeley Nuclear Power Company built and operated the 10 kW JASON reactor in Langley, Berkshire (then in Buckinghamshire). The reactor was in operation there from 1959 to 1962 and generated a total of 1.4 MWh before being shut down and transported to
910-482: The name is Hawker Siddeley Power Transformers. In 1993, British Aerospace sold its corporate jet product line to the American Raytheon Company . In 2006 the product line was sold to a new company to be known as Hawker Beechcraft , owned by Onex Partners and Goldman Sachs . The Hawker Siddeley name was not used to brand aircraft until 1963. Prior to then, aircraft were produced under
945-542: The parent company's revenues. During its operation, Avro Canada aircraft (built) included the C102 Jetliner , CF-100 Canuck , CF-105 Arrow and VZ-9- AV Avrocar . Only the CF-100 fighter entered full-scale production. Other design projects (not built) included supersonic transport (SST) passenger aircraft, a mach-2 VTOL fighter, hovercraft, a jet engine-powered tank, and the hypersonic Space Threshold Vehicle. After
980-577: The railway market but then extending into oil, water, gas, electricity and sewage. The detailed history of the company from 1881 to 1981 was recorded in O.S. Nock 's final book, 'A Hundred Years of Speed with Safety', not published until 2006 – many years after Nock's death. Nock, a prolific writer of railway books and magazine articles for many years, was the chief mechanical engineer for Westinghouse until his retirement in 1970. A second book, Westinghouse Brake & Signal in Photographs 1894 to 1981 ,
1015-543: The same organisation. On 29 April 1977, as a result of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 , Hawker Siddeley Aviation and Dynamics were nationalised and merged with British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) and Scottish Aviation to form British Aerospace . However, HSA and HSD accounted for only 25% of the Hawker Siddeley business by this time, and the non-aviation and foreign interests were retained by
1050-536: Was a British manufacturer of railroad signs. Founded by George Westinghouse , it was registered as "Westinghouse Brake Company" in 1881. The company reorganised in 1920, associating with Evans O'Donnell, and Saxby and Farmer which merged to form the "Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Company". The 'Saxby' would be dropped from their title in 1935. For most of the 20th century, Westinghouse manufactured air brakes , signalling , mining & colliery equipment, industrial automation and power rectifier equipment in
1085-603: Was acquired by BTR plc for £1.5bn. This was led by Alan Jackson and Sir Owen Green who were the CEO and Chairman of BTR respectively during this time. Through a series of takeovers, the business units finally became part of Schneider Electric in 2014. In 1973, HS acquired the industrial electronics firm South Wales Switchgear . Later known as Aberdare Holdings, in 1992 this company was renamed Hawker Siddeley Switchgear (HSS). They have an Australian subsidiary, Hawker Siddeley Switchgear Australia . Another company which retains
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1120-511: Was east of Foundry Lane, Signal & Automation design offices as well as Brake Engineering, drawing offices and design/test laboratories on island site shared with Hugh Baird & Sons, Maltsters and the Wiltshire Bacon Company. The Rectifier Design Department was at Derriads House, some design offices opposite the main factory site, other test & development laboratories beyond the semiconductor site at Avon House, north of
1155-728: Was for the Port Authority Trans-Hudson line and consisted of 46 PA-3 cars numbers 724–769, which were largely based on the original hexagonal profile PA-1 & PA-2 cars designed and built by the St. Louis Car Company during 1966–67. Hawker Siddeley later sold the same general design to the MBTA in Boston for their Blue and Orange Lines . 70 48' cars were delivered to the Blue Line in 1978–80 and 120 65' cars were delivered to
1190-636: Was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index . Hawker Siddeley Aircraft was formed in 1935 as a result of the purchase by Hawker Aircraft of the companies of J. D. Siddeley , the automotive and engine builder Armstrong Siddeley and the aircraft manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft . At this time, Hawker Siddeley also acquired A.V. Roe & Company (Avro), Gloster Aircraft Company (Gloster) and Air Training Services. The constituent companies continued to produce their own aircraft designs under their own name as well as sharing manufacturing work throughout
1225-575: Was published by polunnio.co.uk in 2010, this not-for-profit project raising funds for the Chippenham Museum & Heritage Centre which holds a significant collection of documents and artefacts about the company. Other documentation is held at the Swindon & Wiltshire History Centre in the town. Hawker Siddeley Hawker Siddeley was a group of British manufacturing companies engaged in aircraft production . Hawker Siddeley combined
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