Firstly, John Marston sold the company to his son Charles for £6,000 on a loan against future profits. As the factory was producing more parts than Sunbeam required, it sold components to other manufacturers.ġ902 was a momentous year for Villiers.
Under the direction of Charles, the company made cycle parts for the Sunbeam company. Īs a result of the tour, in 1898, John Marston bought a small Japanning works based in Villiers Street, Wolverhampton. He pointed out that "it was not possible to develop these at Sunbeamland, which had long been working on another plan, but it was possible to start them in a new factory". was "the ultimate fruit" of his trip to the US, being impressed by the production system and the labour saving devices. Charles said that the Villiers Engineering Co. In 1890 he dispatched his son Charles to the US on a selling trip, but included in his instructions that Charles must discuss pedal engineering with Pratt and Whitney in Hartford, Connecticut and come back with a high-class pedal and the machinery for making it. But Marston was dissatisfied with the pedals on his machines, which he bought in. In the 1890s John Marston's Sunbeam had become extremely successful by relying on high quality of production and finish. 5 Production during the Second World War.
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