The story
The company's original name was the Myford Engineering Company, having been founded by Cecil Moore in 1934.
Very few changes took place to the core product after 1953 when the Super 7 lathe was introduced, itself an improvement of the ML 7. This model of lathe is still widely used within the field of model engineering.
Other products made by the company include ML8 wood turning lathe, 4" planer, MG12H cylindrical grinder, 254 engineers lathe and the Speed 10 lathe. Most of these are no longer in production.
As of 2010 the business was still owned by the family, and run by Moore's grandson Christopher Moore. During mid-July 2011 Myford announced a "liquidation sale" stating that it would be last opportunity to buy "spares, lathes and plant equipment" from Myford themselves at the Beeston site.
From Wikipedia’s article on Myford, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3