Maxim founded an armaments company to produce his machine gun in Crayford, Kent, which later merged with Nordenfeldt and the Vickers Corporation in 1896, becoming'Vickers, Son & Maxim'.
Maxim founded an armaments company to produce his machine gun in Crayford, Kent, which later merged with Nordenfeldt. Subsequently part of the Barrow Shipbuilding Company purchase by Vickers Corporation in 1897 formed'Vickers, Son & Maxim'.