Quality at Work

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Summary

Promotional film for the Automotive Products group highlighting their quality control practices.

Year:

1968

Duration:

0:22:00

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Genre:

Industrial

Company:

Anvil Films

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see applications of products made by the sponsor: automotive parts including brakes, clutches and gearboxes and hydraulic equipment and shots of each of the company's factories: Leamington Spa, Liverpool, Bolton, Banbury and Sydney in Australia. Another factory in South Africa is also mentioned.

We then see the various processes of design and manufacture of components for vehicles with emphasis on the firm's quality control procedures including testing. The checking of materials from external suppliers is also covered including a shot of Fisher and Ludlow Ltd (Castle Bromwich) and we also briefly see production at the BMC car factory at Longbridge. Finally the film examines the firm's new facility for servicing components at Banbury in Oxfordshire.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

At their Leamington Spa factory Automotive Products incorporated Lockheed Hydraulics (makers of vehicle brakes) and Borg and Beck (clutches).