W. Pickering Holdings
From Graces Guide
Box manufacturer and dealer, of Leicestershire
1961 Company incorporated to acquire other companies engaged in manufacture of containers.[1]
1962 Renamed Ferry Pickering Group Ltd of Leicester
1965 Public issue of shares; the company provided printing and packaging services to the hosiery, knitwear, footwear and other industries[2]
1971 Proposal by Reed International to acquire the company was stopped because of the resistance from the Ferry Pickering management[3]
1981 Renamed Ferry Pickering Group plc
1988 Abortive bid to take-over Cundell of Chelmsford, a display packaging company[4]
1995 Acquired by Wace Group but non-core units were subsequently sold on[5]
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