Corporate DS/UK/P/161 Chapel-en-le-Frith; Ferodo Ltd, 1920-; brake and clutch lining manufacturers Ferodo Ltd, 1920- brake and clutch lining manufacturers Chapel-en-le-Frith

Ferodo was founded in 1897, when Herbert Frood began his experiments into braking materials in a hut in the garden of his house in Coombs near Chapel-en-le-Frith. His patent for the improvement of brake blocks was filed in October 1900 and production began at Green Street, Gorton the following year. An increase in trade, largely resulting from a change in sales tactics - approaching the consumer rather than the manufacturer - led to Frood renting Sovereign and Howden Mills in Chapel-en-le-Frith in 1902. ¶ ¶Ferodo was the first company to use asbestos for brake linings . Experiments in the use of asbestos began in the first decade of the twentieth century and by the outbreak of war in 1914 production of clutch linings and stair treads had started. The use of asbestos in Ferodo Ltd (as the Herbert Frood Company became in 1920) friction products led to the company joining the Turner and Newall Organisation in 1926. ¶ ¶The company has always been aware of the benefits of advertising and promotion. This is refl International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) Yes DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 31/12/2021 043e8475-bdde-4b78-bac4-9119fb883796