A Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers

Jim Evans

this gazetteer is copyright Jim Evans, 2002

INSURANCE LOCK SERVICES,  SECURITY WORKS,  LAPLEY,  nr WHEATON ASTON,  STAFFORD.

The firm was set up by Peter Morris in1978 when he left J E Reynolds (q.v.) to manufacture window locks.  He got into financial difficulties in early 1981 and closed down.

Founded in 1940, Ingersoll Locks were originally the lock manufacturing division of the Ingersoll Watch Co..  During World War Two they made locks for aircraft and bombers.  After the war they developed a lock which they claimed was un-pickable.  It was sold in mortice and pad forms.

The company was sold to Yale, in April 1988, for £2 million, by its then owners, Alumasc Group. At the time it had a work force of 100.  In the 1980s all production moved to Yale’s Willenhall site.

Ingersoll Locks Limited went into voluntary liquidation on 26th November 2012.