List of Engine Manufacturers

This list is split into sections based on type of engine / fuel. Manufacturers may be in several sections. Firms who have a main business other than Engine manufacture have the Title with [[ZZZZZ (engine)]] so a separate Engine related page is created.

Manufacturers of Steam Stationary Engines

• Barford & Perkins - Frank Perkins went on to build Diesel engines as Perkins Diesels Ltd
• Belliss and Morcom
• Blackstone
• Crossley
• Gardner
• Lister
• Marshall, Sons & Co.
• National Gas Engine Co.
• Paxman
• Petter
• Ruston (engine builder)
• Savage Bros
• Shand-Mason - Most supplied as portable fire pump units
• ?

Manufacturers of Early Internal Combustion Engines (Pre 1960s)

Note a number of 'Brands' were badge engineered models 'retailed by various distributors) or built under licence in various markets from other makers based in the UK or US.

• Ailsa Craig - UK
• Alamo - USA
• All British (Engine) Co. - UK
• Amanco - USA
• Appleton Mfg. Co. - USA
• Armstrong Siddeley - UK
• B&W - Danish
• Bamford - UK
• Belliss & Morcom, Birmingham, UK
• Blackstone - UK
• BMC - UK
• Bolinder - Sweden
• Bolinder-Munktell - Sweden
• Bradford Gas Engine Co. - UK
• Briggs & Stratton - USA
• Brownwall Engine & Pulley Co. - USA
• BSA - UK
• Caterpillar (engines) - USA
• Chater-Lea - UK
• Continental Motors Company - USA
• Coventry Climax - UK
• Crossley - UK
• Cummins - UK
• Daimler-Benz - Germany
• Daimler Motor Company - UK
• David Brown - UK
• De Dion - France
• Deutz - Germany
• Dorman Diesels - UK
• Dubrie - USA
• Fairbanks-Morse - USA / Canada
• Ford (engines)- USA & UK (Engines and skid units used by many other manufacturers)
• Fowler of Leeds - UK
• Fuller & Johnson - USA
• Gardner - UK
• Greenwood and Batley (Brayton Patent Oil Engine) - UK
• GM (engines) General Motors - USA
• Hatz - Germany
• Halla - Germany
• Hercules - USA. Also built Arco, Economy and Jaeger
• Hornsby-Ackroyd - UK
• International Gas Engine Co. (INGECO) - USA
• International Harvester Corporation - USA
• J.A. Prestwich Industries (JAP) - UK
• John Deere - USA
• Jowett - UK
• June - Sweden
• June-Munktell - Sweden
• Lee Stroyer - UK
• Leyland - UK
• Lister - UK
• Lister Petter
• MAN - Germany
• Maybach - Germany
• Mietz & Weiss - USA
• Mirrlees - builders of the 3rd Diesel engine
• MTU - Germany
• New Pelapone Engine Co. - Wakefield, England
• Norman Engineering Co. - UK - compact engines
• Norton - UK
• Olds Gas Power Co. - USA
• Oripon - Argentina
• Paxman - UK
• Pelapone - UK
• Perkins - UK - formerly a Massey Ferguson subsidiary, now a Caterpillar Inc. Group
• Petter - UK
• Rolls Royce engines - UK
• Ronaldson Bros & Tippett - Australia
• Ruston (engine builder) - UK
• Scania - Sweden
• Scott Motor Cycle Co. - UK
• Sentinel Ricardo - UK
• Simplicity Mfg Co - USA
• Standard Motor Company - UK
• Star Engineering Co. - UK
• Tangye & Co. - UK
• Triumph - UK
• Turner Manufacturing Co. - UK
• Villa - Argentina
• Villiers - UK
• W.H. Dorman and Co. - UK
• White and Poppe - USA
• Wolseley Sheep shearing machine Co. of Newark on Trent, England.
• The Worthington Pump and machinery Co. - USA - took over Ingeco
• ?

Manufacturers of Modern Engines (Post 1960s)

• Briggs & Stratton USA
• Caterpillar (engines) USA
• Cummins UK
• Daimler-Benz Germany
• Detroit Diesel USA
• Deutz AG Germany
• Fiat Powertrain Technologies - Italy and USA
• Ford (engines) UK & USA
• Gardner - UK
• Hatz Germany
• Honda (engines) Japan
• International USA & UK
• Isuzu Japan
• JCB (engines) UK
• John Deere USA
• Leyland (engines) UK
• Lister Petter UK
• Kubota (engines) Japan
• MAN B&W Germany
• Mercedes-Benz engines Germany
• Motor Sazan Iran
• MTU Germany
• MWM AG Germany
• MWM International Motores Brazil (now owned by Navistar)
• Perkins UK (now owned by Caterpillar of USA)
• Rolls Royce engines UK (now owned by Perkins)
• Scania - Sweden
• SISU Finland now part of AGCO as AGCO SISU Power
• Volvo Sweden

References / sources

List created from articles on this site