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1959 company established to serve the new UK market for ten-pin bowling<ref>The Times Feb. 27, 1959 </ref> | 1959 company established to serve the new UK market for ten-pin bowling<ref>The Times Feb. 27, 1959 </ref> | ||
1965 AMF International was making tobacco machinery at Andover ([[AMF Legg]]) and Radcliffe-on-Trent ([[D. K. Hamblin and Co|AMF Hamblin]]) and filter and evaporators at Reading<ref> The Times, Oct 29, 1965</ref> | |||
1967 AMF International acquired part of the Shorts Brothers and Harland plant in Belfast to make pressure vessels for LPG storage<ref>The Times , Apr 25, 1967</ref> | |||
1968 AMF International had British subsidiaries <ref>The Times, Oct 10, 1968</ref>: | |||
* AMF Beaird-Belfast made gas equipment | |||
* Manufacturing bowling equipment at Whitstable | |||
* [[AMF Legg]] making tobacco machinery at Andover | |||
* Making electrical products at Oxford | |||
* Making Industrial and Food Machinery | |||
* Making Recreational equipment | |||
1970 Acquired [[Venner]]; the US parent also made time switches<ref> The Times, Mar 05, 1970</ref> | |||
1970 Cuno Filter Division made filtration equipment at Reading<ref>The Times Oct 09, 1970</ref> | |||
1985 Parent company AMF was acquired through hostile takeover by Minstar Inc., a Minneapolis-based holding company, which then sold off various divisions.<ref>Wikipedia</ref> | |||
Management buyout of some parts of the company formed [[GBE International]] | Management buyout of some parts of the company formed [[GBE International]] | ||
Revision as of 13:23, 29 October 2022
UK division of AMF Inc
1959 company established to serve the new UK market for ten-pin bowling[1]
1965 AMF International was making tobacco machinery at Andover (AMF Legg) and Radcliffe-on-Trent (AMF Hamblin) and filter and evaporators at Reading[2]
1967 AMF International acquired part of the Shorts Brothers and Harland plant in Belfast to make pressure vessels for LPG storage[3]
1968 AMF International had British subsidiaries [4]:
- AMF Beaird-Belfast made gas equipment
- Manufacturing bowling equipment at Whitstable
- AMF Legg making tobacco machinery at Andover
- Making electrical products at Oxford
- Making Industrial and Food Machinery
- Making Recreational equipment
1970 Acquired Venner; the US parent also made time switches[5]
1970 Cuno Filter Division made filtration equipment at Reading[6]
1985 Parent company AMF was acquired through hostile takeover by Minstar Inc., a Minneapolis-based holding company, which then sold off various divisions.[7]
Management buyout of some parts of the company formed GBE International
1992 AMF International was put into liquidation