In 1991 the Hawker Siddeley Group was taken over by BTR plc and as a result of this takeover the Traction Division of Brush Electrical Co Ltd became a separate company, called Brush Electrical Traction Ltd.

In November 1996, the FKI Group of Companies acquired the Hawker Siddeley Electric Power Group from BTR, Brush Electrical Machines and the other Brush companies joining the Group's Engineering Division. Following this, Brush Traction Ltd reverted back to being a division of Brush Electrical Machines Ltd. Brush Traction still exists and is now a division of the Wabtec Rail Group.