It managed to use much of the capital made from the liquidation of the Rock Island to acquire non-rail ventures such as The Hoover Company, Pennsylvania House/Kittinger, Inc., and Rowenta A.G..
After his football career had ended Trailor returned to his home town of Merthyr Tydfil where he was employed at the town's Hoover plant.
The extensive ironworks also attracted engineering and manufacturing during the 19th and 20th Centuries - the most prominent being Mitchell Engineering and Hoover (in the process of being shut down).
The British division of The Hoover Company was carrying a large surplus stock of washing machines and vacuum cleaners and in order to sell them and free up warehouse space, it promised free airline tickets to customers who purchased more than £100 worth of their products.
McAvoy worked as a storeman at the Hoover factory in Cambuslang, and was a shop steward for the Amalgamated Engineering Union; following the succession of trade union mergers, he is now a member of Unite the Union (Amicus Section).
It was credited with having brought in, secured and safeguarded investment with major companies such as Ford, Bosch, Panasonic, Sony, Hoover, TRW, Anglesey Aluminium, Toyota and General Electric.
American Broadcasting Company | Fox Broadcasting Company | Ford Motor Company | The Walt Disney Company | Royal Shakespeare Company | Herbert Hoover | Hudson's Bay Company | East India Company | Dutch East India Company | McKinsey & Company | H. J. Heinz Company | Company | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company | Hoover Dam | company | Bad Company | production company | Three's Company | Shell Oil Company | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company | Glenn L. Martin Company | The Coca-Cola Company | Southern Pacific Transportation Company | J. Edgar Hoover | Pullman Company | Marconi Company | Canon (company) | Victor Talking Machine Company | Negro Ensemble Company | Little, Brown and Company |
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