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1964 Name changed to the present and converted into a public company | 1964 Name changed to the present and converted into a public company | ||
1964 Public issue of shares; the main subsidiary was [[Ormerod of Birmingham and Co]]<ref>The Times, Apr 27, 1964</ref> | |||
1964 Acquired [[Bellhouse Hartwell]]<ref>The Times, Aug 24, 1964</ref> | 1964 Acquired [[Bellhouse Hartwell]]<ref>The Times, Aug 24, 1964</ref> | ||
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* [[Birks and Price (Precision)]] | * [[Birks and Price (Precision)]] | ||
* [[Precise Tools (Yardley)]] | * [[Precise Tools (Yardley)]] | ||
* [[Sackville Hospital Equipment]] | * [[Sackville Hospital Equipment]] |
Latest revision as of 10:25, 14 October 2013
Precision engineers of Wolverhampton
1959 Private company founded as Nasmo (Machinery) Ltd by Thomas Hampson Silk[1]
1964 Name changed to the present and converted into a public company
1964 Public issue of shares; the main subsidiary was Ormerod of Birmingham and Co[2]
1964 Acquired Bellhouse Hartwell[3]
1965 Acquired E. R. Lattimer[4]
1966 Acquired Nortons-Tividale South Africa (Proprietary) Ltd[5]
By 1968 Other subsidiaries included:
1968 Acquired Amalgamated Cleaning Services Ltd ( A. C. S. Ltd) and Rolcon Engineering Ltd of Skelmersdale as the start of a move away from the company's machine tool background.
1969 Public offer of shares
1970 Last report of the company under this name[6] - see Hampson Industries