 Clyde Engineering Builder's plate | |
 New South Wales D57 class locomotive in Junee in September 1961 | |
| Company type | publicly listed |
|---|---|
| ASX: CLY | |
| Industry | Engineering |
| Founded | September 1898 |
| Defunct | 15 July 1996 |
| Successor | Evans Deakin Industries (1996–2001) Downer Rail (2001–present) |
| Headquarters | |
Number of locations | Granville Kelso Somerton Eagle Farm Rosewater |
| Subsidiaries | Martin & King |
Clyde Engineering was an Australian manufacturer of locomotives, rolling stock, and other industrial products.
It was founded in September 1898 by a syndicate of Sydney businessmen buying the Granville factory of timber merchants Hudson Brothers. The company won contracts for railway rolling stock, a sewerage system, trams and agricultural machinery. In 1907 it won its first contract for steam locomotives for the New South Wales Government Railways. By 1923 it had 2,200 employees. After contracting during the depression it became a major supplier of munitions during World War II.[1]
In 1950 it was awarded the first of many contracts for diesel locomotives by the Commonwealth Railways after it was appointed the Australian licensee for Electro-Motive Diesel products.[2] Apart from building locomotives and rolling stock, Clyde Engineering diversified into telephone and industrial electronic equipment, machine tools, domestic aluminium ware, road making and earth making equipment, hydraulic pumps, product finishing equipment, filtration systems, boilers, power stations and firing equipment, car batteries, hoists and cranes, door and curtain tracks and motor vehicle distribution.[1]
In July 1996 it was taken over by Evans Deakin Industries.[3][4][5] In March 2001 Evans Deakin was taken over by Downer Group to form Downer EDi.[6][7]
- ^ a b "Clyde publishes company history". Railway Digest: 455. December 1992.
- ^ Downer & Electro-Motive Diesel Sign New Agreement Archived 7 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Downer EDi 26 June 2012
- ^ "Clyde Industries door handle, 1972 - 1996". Powerhouse Museum.
- ^ Clyde Industries Limited delisted.com.au
- ^ "EDI Wins Clyde Takeover Battle" Railway Digest September 1996 page 10
- ^ Evans Deakin Industries Limited delisted.com.au
- ^ Annual Report 30 June 2001 Archived 6 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Downer EDI