How it started
History
The business was started as a company office in 1920 when W G Bagnall arrived in London as a representative of Lansing company of Michigan.
In 1930, the parent company, Lansing, ceased manufacturing operations, so Bagnall took the charge and incorporated the company in 1937 as Lansing Bagnall and Company Limited in Isleworth, London.
The company was bought out of bankruptcy in 1943 by Emmanuel Kaye and John R Sharp and renamed after themselves as J E Shay Ltd. At that time, the company made petrol and electric, industrial and station platform tractors. Later, the company went on to produce forklift trucks.
Operating as Lansing Bagnall and Shay's in 1946.
The company's first factory in Basingstoke was opened, in March 1949.
From Wikipedia’s article on Lansing Bagnall, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2