Paterson, Reid and Bruce Ltd (1966 - )

The company was formed by the February 1966 merger of Robert Reid & Co Ltd and Paterson Laing & Bruce Ltd as a direct subsidiary of Ralli Australia Pty Ltd. It was purchased by Grimley Ltd (Eastralian Securities Ltd since Sept 1970; ESCOR Ltd since Jan 1974) in July 1970 and continued operations as a subsidiary until 1979. Ceased trading in December 1979. An on-going division of the company continued trading under the name ESCOR Textiles Ltd until 1981, when ESCOR Ltd was delisted from the Stock Exchange

Previous and Subsequent Entities

 1850s - 1860 J.C. Young & Co
        Ray Glaister & Co
        Paterson Palmer & Co
              - 1876 Paterson Ray Palmer & Co
                   1876 - Paterson, Laing and Company
                          Paterson, Laing and Bruce
                               1898 - 1901 Paterson Laing and Bruce Ltd [i]
                                     1901 - 1903 Paterson, Laing and Bruce (1901) Ltd
                                           1903 - 1966 Paterson, Laing and Bruce Ltd [ii]
                                           1919 - 1966 Robert Reid & Co Ltd
                                                 1966 - Paterson, Reid and Bruce Ltd