Borg & Beck

{{Short description|British automotive supplier}}

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| name = Borg & Beck

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| type = Private

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| founder = Charles Borg and Marshall Beck

| area_served = worldwide

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| industry = Automotive industry

| products = clutch, braking, steering, suspension, filters, cables, wheel bearings, cooling, turbo hoses

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| parent = First Line Ltd

| divisions = Automotive Aftermarket

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| foundation = {{start date and age|1903}} in Moline, Illinois, in the United States

| location_city = Banbury, Oxfordshire

| location_country = United Kingdom

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Borg & Beck is a British car parts company owned by First Line Ltd.{{Cite web|title=Automotive Aftermarket Parts Supplier home of First Line & Borg & Beck|url=http://www.firstlineltd.com/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=www.firstlineltd.com}}{{r|ch}}{{Cite web|title=Company - Borg & Beck|url=https://www.borgandbeck.com/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=www.borgandbeck.com}}

It was started as a tool company in Moline, Illinois, in the United States, by Charles Borg and Marshall Beck.{{Cite web|url=https://rhinointernational.org/product/borg-beck/|title=Borg & Beck – Rhino International}} In 1909 they invented the first practical sliding clutch.{{Cite book|last=Casey|first=Robert J.|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005831238|title=Mr. Clutch ; the story of George William Borg|date=1948|publisher=The Bobbs-Merrill Co.|location=Indianapolis}}{{Cite web|url=https://garagewire.co.uk/garage-wire-views-issuu/revealed-invention-of-the-first-practical-sliding-clutch/|title=Revealed: invention of the first practical sliding clutch|date=May 16, 2019}} It merged with other companies in 1928 to become BorgWarner. In 1931, the Borg & Beck Company Limited was set up by Automotive Products in the UK to manufacture clutches under American patents from Borg & Beck in the USA.{{Cite web|title=About Borg & Beck, est. 1903 and a globally renowned Clutch specialist|url=https://www.borgandbeck.com/AboutUs|access-date=2022-01-26|website=www.borgandbeck.com}} This allowed the company to sell British made Borg & Beck clutches in Great Britain, British Overseas Territories and the British Empire (except Canada).{{Cite web|title=About Borg & Beck, est. 1903 and a globally renowned Clutch specialist|url=https://www.borgandbeck.com/AboutUs|access-date=2022-01-26|website=www.borgandbeck.com}}

The company was particularly successful in the UK, where, during the 1970s, over 85% of British-made vehicles had a Borg & Beck clutch fitted as OE. The Borg & Beck brand was purchased in 2006 by First Line Ltd. who supply over 40,000 products across 60 different product groups to the Automotive Aftermarket globally.