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UK division of [[American Machine and Foundry Co|AMF Inc]] | UK division of [[American Machine and Foundry Co|AMF Inc]] | ||
1959 | 1959 Company established to serve the new UK market for ten-pin bowling<ref>The Times Feb. 27, 1959 </ref> | ||
1960 American Machine and Foundry Company established a factory at Whitstable to assemble the special automatic equipment required for the new sport of ten-pin bowling.<ref>Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald 30 July 1960</ref> | |||
1960 Formed a JV company with [[Henry Simon]] to make flour milling and handling machinery. A research laboratory was under construction near London, and a factory to make bowling alley equipment at Whitstable<ref>The Times Oct. 6, 1960</ref> | 1960 Formed a JV company with [[Henry Simon]] to make flour milling and handling machinery. A research laboratory was under construction near London, and a factory to make bowling alley equipment at Whitstable<ref>The Times Oct. 6, 1960</ref> | ||
1960 AMF acquired [[Robert Legg]], maker of tobacco machinery, which became [[AMF Legg]] | |||
1961 AMF acquired [[D. K. Hamblin and Co]], maker of tobacco machinery, which became '''AMF Hamblin''' | |||
1962 [[Frederick Braby and Co|Frederick Braby Group]] made evaporators for the [[Maxim Silencers|Maxim]] division of AMF International which supplied them for the "Transvaal Castle" <ref>The Times, Jan 18, 1962</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> | 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> | 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>: | 1968 AMF International had British subsidiaries <ref>The Times, Oct 10, 1968</ref>: | ||
* AMF Beaird-Belfast made gas equipment | * AMF Beaird - Belfast-made gas equipment | ||
* Manufacturing bowling equipment at Whitstable | * Manufacturing bowling equipment at Whitstable | ||
* [[AMF Legg]] making tobacco machinery at Andover | * [[AMF Legg]] making tobacco machinery at Andover | ||
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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> | 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]] | ||
1992 AMF International was put into liquidation<ref>The Times, January 24, 1992</ref> | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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Revision as of 08:54, 25 July 2023
UK division of AMF Inc
1959 Company established to serve the new UK market for ten-pin bowling[1]
1960 American Machine and Foundry Company established a factory at Whitstable to assemble the special automatic equipment required for the new sport of ten-pin bowling.[2]
1960 Formed a JV company with Henry Simon to make flour milling and handling machinery. A research laboratory was under construction near London, and a factory to make bowling alley equipment at Whitstable[3]
1960 AMF acquired Robert Legg, maker of tobacco machinery, which became AMF Legg
1961 AMF acquired D. K. Hamblin and Co, maker of tobacco machinery, which became AMF Hamblin
1962 Frederick Braby Group made evaporators for the Maxim division of AMF International which supplied them for the "Transvaal Castle" [4]
1965 AMF International was making tobacco machinery at Andover (AMF Legg) and Radcliffe-on-Trent (AMF Hamblin) and filter and evaporators at Reading[5]
1967 AMF International acquired part of the Shorts Brothers and Harland plant in Belfast to make pressure vessels for LPG storage[6]
1968 AMF International had British subsidiaries [7]:
- 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[8]
1970 Cuno Filter Division made filtration equipment at Reading[9]
1985 Parent company AMF was acquired through hostile takeover by Minstar Inc., a Minneapolis-based holding company, which then sold off various divisions.[10]
Management buyout of some parts of the company, formed GBE International
1992 AMF International was put into liquidation[11]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times Feb. 27, 1959
- ↑ Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald 30 July 1960
- ↑ The Times Oct. 6, 1960
- ↑ The Times, Jan 18, 1962
- ↑ The Times, Oct 29, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Apr 25, 1967
- ↑ The Times, Oct 10, 1968
- ↑ The Times, Mar 05, 1970
- ↑ The Times Oct 09, 1970
- ↑ Wikipedia
- ↑ The Times, January 24, 1992