Gas Purification and Chemical Co
of 160 Palmerston House, London.
1873 The company was registered on 22 November. [1]
1908 Directors: Sir D. F. Goddard, Kt., M.P, (Chairman), B. H. O’Neill, and Sir J. J. Runtz. Secretary: T. Cochrane. Office: 160, Palmerston House, E.C.
1954 Acquired Johnson British Electric and its subsidiary Grundig (Great Britain) Ltd. the sole concessionaires for Grundig electronics in the United Kingdom.[2]
1954 Acquired Smart and Brown (Engineers).[3]
1955 Acquired Wolsey Television, manufacturer of television aerials.[4]
1955 Acquired Modern Machine Tools.[5]
1955 Acquired Besson and Robinson.[6]
1957 Acquired A. B. Metal Products.[8]
1960 Acquired Precision Plastics and Plyglass.[9]
1961 Sold its machine tool subsidiaries Smart and Brown (Machine Tools), and Pultra to the British Tap and Die Co.[10]
1962 Sold Modern Machine Tools to B. Elliott and Co.[11]
1962 Acquired Grades Metals.[12]
1962 Acquired Lea Bridge Cabinet Works.[13]
1965 A. B. Metal Products hived off as a separate company.[14]
1968 Merged with Bunting Estates to form British Industrial Holdings.[15]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ Daily Herald, August 18, 1954
- ↑ Biggleswade Chronicle, August 27, 1954
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Gazette, September 6, 1955
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post, July 20, 1955
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post, September 6, 1955
- ↑ The Scotsman, April 11, 1956
- ↑ The Times, February 22, 1957
- ↑ The Times, September 22, 1960
- ↑ Biggleswade Chronicle, November 3, 1961
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post, April 4, 1962
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post, October 25, 1962
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post, December 11, 1962
- ↑ The Times, January 25, 1965
- ↑ The Times, December 24, 1968