George Richards & Co. Ltd

Manufacturer of machine tools, founded in 1880 by George Richards. The business was taken over by Tilghmans in 1896 but continued to operate as a separate company.

George Richards and Co. Ltd. merged with H. W. Kearns and Co. Ltd in 1967, when Kearns was bought by Staveley Industries, who by then owned George Richards. The new company was named Kearns-Richards.