F. L. Smidth and Co
of London and Copenhagen
c.1884 The company was established in Denmark with Dr Poul Larsen as one of the partners[1]
By 1909 the Danish company had supplied c.1500 tube mills for cement plants worldwide and were installing rotary kiln at Wouldham Portland Cement Co, similar to the one they had installed at Coles, Shadbolt and Co near Uxbridge[2]
1919 Private company.
1925 They moved their office from 20, Essex-street, Strand, W.C 2, to Victoria Station House, Victoria-street, London.[3]
1961 Mechanical and consulting engineers. Specialists in cement making plant [4]
By 1976 the Industrial Equipment Division was using the F.L.S. trademark in its advertising[5]
1977 Acquired Tremletts Holdings[6]
1980 Became F. L. Smidth and Co (Holdings) Ltd
1985 Acquired Anglo Nordic[7]
By 1990 had become a major supplier to the aerospace industry.
1990 Acquired Brooklands Aerospace
1990 Subsidiaries included:[8]
- Anglo Nordic Holdings plc
- Lovaux Aerospace Ltd
- Auto Diesels Edghill Ltd
- Bowker Brothers (Clitheroe) Ltd
- Braby Group Ltd
- Brooklands Aerospace Ltd
- Credowan Ltd
- D. and J. Tullis Ltd
- HML (Engineering) Ltd
- Metadalic Ltd
- Richard Sizer Ltd
- The British Rototherm Co Ltd
- Petbow Ltd
- Nu-Plant Services Ltd
1991 Renamed FLS Aerospace Holdings Ltd and then F.L.S. Aerospace Ltd
1991 Acquired Dan Engineering
1994 Renamed FLS Aerospace Holdings Ltd; FLS Aerospace was Europe's independent aircraft maintenance contractor with operations at Stansted, Bournemouth and Manchester[9]
1998 Renamed FLS Aerospace Ltd
1999 Renamed FLS Aerospace (UK) Ltd
2005 Renamed FLS Technics UK Ltd
See Also
Sources of Information
- 1990 Annual report