BBA Solutions history

The two Fenton brothers established a joint stock company with Corbett in 1897.

Large-scale business with the United States began in 1908 when Henry Ford made large orders for belting for the gearbox of his Model T, which was just going into production.

They were renamed Scandinavia Mills, in honor of the company's Swedish birth, and in 1911 the firm's own name was changed to Scandinavia Belting Ltd.

Its solution in 1920 was to acquire a competitor and unite the production facilities with its own in Cleckheaton.

In 1925 the two companies formally merged and took the name B.B.&A. Ltd.

The war started at the beginning of September 1939; by December all of its factories were running round the clock seven days a week.

In 1967 the firm was completely reorganized and a holding company called the BBA Group established to oversee all the firm's businesses in the United Kingdom and abroad.

In 1989 a Friction Materials Division was created as a home to all of BBA's friction businesses.

In 1994 BBA sold the Angus fire protection group as well as its U.K. plastics businesses Railko, Perplas, and Holden Hydroman.

Joining our team in 1995, Kelly held various positions in the sales and marketing department before coordinating the development of our Stop Loss Marketing team where she organized the underwriting of Excess Loss coverage with preferred markets as our Marketing Manager.

After holding a variety of positions within the organization since 1997 (Customer Service Supervisor, Claims Manager, Director of Implementation/Product Development, and VP of Core Services and Strategy), Matt currently serves as the company’s SVP and Chief Operating Officer.

Brenda joined BBA in October 1998 as a Claims Examiner.

When they were unable to take over Lucas, a maker of automotive braking systems, BBA put its friction materials businesses up for sale, and in 2000 it was sold to HSBC Private Equity for £398 million.

The BBA materials technology division, which was renamed BBA Fiberweb in 2003, had been hurt by a rise in price of polypropylene occasioned by the Iraq war as well as flattened demand for nonwoven materials for the hygiene market.

In 2004, the firm set up offices in the Montréal downtown core and created a team specialized in mining and metals.

Jim Allen joined BBA as Chief Financial Officer in March 2009.

The firm opened an office in 2013 and quickly developed strong and successful relationships with major clients in the region.

After serving as Manager through this major growth period, Kelly was promoted to Director of the Stop Loss and Marketing in 2016.

Chris joined BBA in 2019 as IT Manager of Infrastructure and Security.