Howle Carbides Leading Tungsten Carbide Manufacturer


Year	Hoybide	Teco

1900	1937 Austin Hoy set up a company to manufacture mining equipment	Late 1930's Teco set up in Peckham, London to manufacture Tungsten light filaments

1950	1950's Austin Hoy commenced manufacture of Tungsten Carbide	1947 New factory built at Kings Cross, London

	1958 Austin Hoy purchased by Anderson Strathclyde

1960	1960 Hoybide formed to manufacture Tungsten Carbide products	1965 Richard Lloyd purchased Teco
		1965 Richard Lloyd purchased Teco
	1967 Moved to current site in Princes Risborough	1968 Teco moved to Tenbury Wells

1970		1972 Moved to new factory in Tenbury Wells

1980	1989 Hoybide purchased by ISG	1989 Teco purchased by Howle Holdings

1990	1991 Hoybide purchased by Howle Holdings

	1997 Opened purpose built powder preparation area

	2000 Hoybide and Teco merged to form Howle Carbides Ltd.

	2006 Howle Holdings & Howle Carbides Purchased By Electron plc.

Company History