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Porter Chadburn

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1972 Formation of the company by merger of Porter-Lancastrian with Chadburn Holdings[1].

1973 The group consisted of:[2]

1973 The group had a deliberate focus on serving the brewing industry but was broadly based with a diverse range of manufactured products.

1975 Acquired A. Robinson (Engineering Services) from its receiver[3]

1987 New management took over

1988 Management buyout of the drinks dispensing machinery part of Porter-Lancastrian[4]

1988 Sold Offshore Drilling Supplies of Aberdeen in order to focus on consumer products, leisure, distribution, etc[5]

1990 Sold Bootle-based Chadburn Holdings and Porter Chadburn Engineering to Midlands-based Widney[6]

1999 The company was concentrated on label printing; it was acquired by a US company in a similar area[7]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times May 20, 1972
  2. ↑ The Times June 19, 1973
  3. ↑ The Times Jan. 16, 1975
  4. ↑ The Times Jan. 21, 1988
  5. ↑ The Times Aug. 10, 1988
  6. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 11 July 1990
  7. ↑ The Times Mar. 17, 1999
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