Clyde Blowers
of Livingstone Street, Clydebank, Glasgow.
Founded by Allan Murray Wilson
1934 Clyde Blowers Limited was registered as a private company, with capital of £2,000, to carry on all or any of the businesses of marine, mechanical, railway, consulting, and contracting engineers, and manufacturers of and dealers in apparatus of every description, soot blowers, etc.[1]
1945 Advert for soot blowers for boilers.[2]
1959 Public company; shares floated on the Stock Exchange
1960 Advert for soot blowers.[3]
1992 Jim McColl, a one time Weir Group apprentice, bought 29.9 percent of the equity[4] and took charge. Over the next five years he focussed the company, realised peripheral assets and made 7 acquisitions.
1994 Acquired the vacuum divisions of Sturtevant Welbeck and renamed Clyde Sturtevant. The Sturtevant Brighton plant was closed with their assets eventually transferred to Clyde Material Handling Ltd. which organized a new Sturtevant vacuum division at South Yorkshire.
1999 Private company - McColl purchased the shares which had fallen substantially after the crisis in Asia.
2007 Weir Group sold its Glasgow-based business Weir Pumps to Clyde Blowers plc, with the pump company subsequently being renamed as Clyde Pumps
2008 Clyde Blowers acquired Textron Fluid and Power Inc, including David Brown Hydraulics
2008 Clyde Union Pumps was formed by the merger of Clyde Pump and Union Pumps in November 2008 when the diverse portfolio of technologies, process knowledge and engineering expertise of both businesses were brought together. It incorporates the product heritage of Weir Pumps, Union Pump, Mather and Platt, DB Guinard Pump and David Brown Pumps
2011 Clyde Union Pumps was sold to SPX Corporation.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ClydeUnion - www.clydeunion.com