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1971 Company incorporated
1972 Flotation of Garton Cooper, maker of bolts and washers in the West Midlands and stampings and dies in Lanarkshire; Cooper Industries would retain 50 percent[1]
1976 Coopers sold the remainder of their holding
1977 Renamed Garton Engineering plc
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