Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,645 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Godiva Fire Pumps Co

From Graces Guide

Early 1970s Coventry Climax's fire pump business was sold into private ownership, and the Godiva Fire Pumps Co was formed in Warwick.

1983 SPP was bought out of the Booker Group

1985 SPP was floated as a public company

1988 Godiva Fire Pumps was part of SPP when it was acquired by Braithwaites, engineering and cleaning equipment group, making a larger business in specialist equipment hire; Braithwaites' subsidiary Andrews would be put together with SPP's Sykes subsidiary[1]

1989 Godiva was sold to a new company, Godiva Products Ltd, set up with the help of Hale Products Inc of USA who acquired Godiva Inc as part of the buyout arrangements.[2]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, April 29, 1988
  2. 1989 Annual report