With the aim of uniting three main manufacturers ( Brico Engineering Limited, manufacturing valves and valve seats. Hepworth & Grandage Limited manufacturer of piston group and WELLWORTHY LIMITED manufacturer of rings and liners). engine group parts in the UK at the beginning 1947 Associated Engineering Holdings Limited was founded. This allowed the company to significantly expand the range of products offered and avoid unnecessary competition., which in turn allowed companies to focus on optimizing the range and improving the quality of their products.
Since 1960 by 1989 gg. the company pursued an active policy of mergers and acquisitions, opened new factories and increased production volumes around the world. Already in the early 80s, the company shortened its name to AE Group, which already united more than twenty manufacturing companies throughout Europe, particularly in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and South Africa. AT 1995 AE Group is part of the Federal Mogul concern, which at that time had already become the largest association of spare parts manufacturers in the world with more than 100 years of history.
AE has always been a recognized leader in the production of engine components as it has always applied the most advanced technologies in production and advanced methods of product control. The wide range of parts produced by AE Group allows them to be used for European vehicles., Japanese, Japanese, Asian markets and United States auto market. The company's product range includes: suspension equipment belts, GRM, timing valves and chains, piston rings and valves, plain bearings, and parts of the cylinder-piston group.