Optical and Medical International
1987 Watsham’s PLC was renamed Optical and Medical International PLC
1987 Optical and Medical International PLC consisted of a number of divisions:
- Medical Division - Thames Valley Medical, Industrial Pharmaceutical Service, Moore and Co (Medical Supplies), Cambmac Instruments, Bridge Medical Direct, Truro Dental Laboratories, Dracard.
- Technical Division, which consisted of
- Electro-optics - Watsham's Electro-Optics, Optical and Electrical Coatings, L & S Circuits, Trilec Instruments
- Lontec - Lontec, H. J. Smart and LMA
Proposal to acquire Giltspur Engineering Design
1988 Watsham's Technical Division was incorporated into the OMITEC group of companies.
1991 Subsequently the group became OMI International PLC
1998 The successor company was Solvera PLC[1]
1999 The Company went into administration early in 1999 and was finally dissolved in 2007 – only to be restored to the register of companies in 2013 due to a Court Order.