Davy International

1973 All the subsidiary companies of Davy-Ashmore were brought under a common name - Davy International Ltd. 4 divisions were created:

• Davy Products, the smallest division, consisted of Davy Roll Co Limited and Davy Instruments Limited.
• Davy Loewy - the mills and machinery division, which designed, engineered and manufactured machinery for the forming and shaping of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
• Davy Ashmore International - contract engineering division for the metals industries, particularly iron and steel.
• Davy Powergas International, the largest division, contract engineering for the process industries.

1974 Davy International, having purchased 29% of British Rollmakers Corporation, the other large maker of rolls in the UK, made a take-over offer which was rejected by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.

c.1976 Acquired Head, Wrightson and Co

1977 Acquired Herbert Morris and Lloyds British Testing Co

1978 Acquired McKee Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio; Davy changed its name to Davy Corporation with 2 main subsidiaries:

• Davy International, handling engineer and construction
• Davy Engineering Industries, handling the equipment design and manufacturing activities.

1991 Trafalgar House raised money through a rights issue to buy Davy Corporation which was loss-making

1991 Davy Corporation had various subsidiaries:

• Davy McKee (Sheffield)
• Davy (Distington)
• Davy Computing
• Davy Loewy
• Davy Roll Co and 2 other subsidiaries with similar names
• Davy Instruments
• Ashlow Engineering
• Ashlow Technology
• Armstrong Whitworth
• Armstrong Whitworth Rolls
• B. and S. Massey
• Stockton Precision Forge
• Hille Engineering
• John M. Moorwood
• Turner Chilled Rolls

1994 One of four main businesses in Trafalgar House.

1996 Davy Corporation PLC was re-registered as Davy Corporation Ltd

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