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Forward Technology Industries

From Graces Guide

of Waltham Cross, a group of companies operating in areas of technical growth[1]

1977 Forward Technology Trust was acquired by MPI[2]

1978 Acquired Radyne and KLN, a West German ultrasonic equipment maker[3]

1979 Name of MPI Ltd was changed to Forward Technology Industries Ltd

1981 Chief subsidiaries:

1985 Sold its holdings in K. and N. Electronics and Jenboame (and its subsidiary Dicoll Electronics) to Platon International[4]. Sold Colortran Holdings[5]

1999 Acquired by Crest Group Inc of USA[6]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1981 Annual report
  2. ↑ The Times Feb. 17, 1977
  3. ↑ The Times Apr. 18, 1978
  4. ↑ The Times May 14, 1985
  5. ↑ The Times July 25, 1985
  6. ↑ The Times Nov. 23, 1999
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