Peek
1936 Rubislaw Investment Trust was incorporated
1976 Name changed to Peek Holdings Ltd
1982 Name changed to Peek Holdings Plc
1986 The company, which had been involved in grain storage, was virtually a shell; it was 30 percent owned by the Bank of England; received an investment from a company registered in the Virgin Islands headed by Kenneth Maud, a South African businessman, which would acquire a majoroty shareholding.[1]
1987 Acquired Dubilier International[2]
1988 Name changed to Peek Plc
1989 Sold A. Blundell of Coventry
1995 Acquired the bulk of GEC-Marconi Transport Systems.[3]
By 1997 Peek was a worldwide business specialising in traffic control through use of electronics; Husky Computers was a subsidiary; also had a measurement group which collected traffic data; acquired the alarm monitor product line of Fisher-Rosemount[4]
1997 Acquired by ThermoPower, an American rival[5]