Belliss and Morcom

Shortly after completing his articles of apprenticeship, in 1862 George Edward Belliss acquired the engineering business of R. Bach and Co, then located at 13-14 Broad Street, Islington, Birmingham.

[2] From 1885 onwards, the organisation received further orders from J. Samuel White of Cowes, Isle of Wight, for main power and generating machinery for Royal Navy torpedo boats.

The companies subsequently went into a limited production partnership, with Morcom also assisting White in Royal Navy trials of early versions of the torpedo net.

[2] In 1887, the Royal Navy placed an order directly with Belliss and Morcom for a triple-expansion engine-based main power and generator set for all 13 of the Sharpshooter class torpedo gunboats, designed by White.

Customers during this period included engines for the electricity supply plants for the cities of Bury St Edmunds, Gloucester and Port Dundas for Glasgow Corporation Tramways.

In 1922, the company were commissioned to install six ex-Imperial German Navy submarine diesel generators into the corporation power station in London Road, Southend-on-Sea.

[5] Today the company manufactures, supplies and services oil-free reciprocating compressors, with a specialist division focusing on recycled PET plastic moulding.