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page 1Defunct companies based in Manchester

Avro
Avro (an initialism of the founder's name) was a British aircraft manufacturer. Its designs include the Avro 504, used as a trainer in the First World War, the Avro Lancaster, one of the pre-eminent bombers of the Second World War, and the delta wing Avro Vulcan, a stalwart of the Cold War.
Rootes Group
British automobile manufacturer
Ocean Software
British software company
Factory Records
British record label
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Railway locomotive manufacturer

Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, it was particularly well known for its industrial electrical equipment such as generators, steam turbines, switchgear, transformers, electronics and railway traction equipment. Metrovick holds a place in history as the builders of the first commercial transistor computer, the Metrovick 950, and the first British axial-flow jet engine, the Metropolitan-Vickers F.2. Its factory in Trafford Park, Manchester,
Sharp, Stewart and Company
defunct British locomotive manufacturer
Belsize Motors
company
Crossley Motors
British motor vehicle manufacturer
Granada plc
former British company
L. Gardner and Sons
company
Ruby Cycle Co Ltd
British motorcycle manufacturer
Software Creations
British video game developer
Cosgrove Hall Films
British animation studio