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1966 Acquired [[Salt Engineering Co (Coventry)]]<ref> The Times, Apr 09, 1966</ref> | 1966 Acquired [[Salt Engineering Co (Coventry)]]<ref> The Times, Apr 09, 1966</ref> | ||
c.1966 Acquired family-owned company of Broughton, maker of hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders and electronic controls, with factories at King's Norton and Hockley<ref>The Times, Jan 28, 1971</ref> | |||
1967 Acquired the share and loan interest of Coventry Gauge in [[Humphris and Sons]] of Poole<ref>The Times , Jul 18, 1967</ref> | 1967 Acquired the share and loan interest of Coventry Gauge in [[Humphris and Sons]] of Poole<ref>The Times , Jul 18, 1967</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:54, 10 March 2016
1938 Company founded[1] by Albert Redman who developed a new way of forming bumpers for cars using hydraulic roll forming.
Post-WWII Concentrated on development of machine tools
Produced interchangeable press tool units under the Unitool brand name
1964 Public placing of shares in Redman Tools on the Birmingham Stock Exchange[2]
1965 The company's custom tools were used by most motor manufacturers in Britain and Europe[3]
1965 Acquired Press Equipment and Press Guards[4] of Hockley, Birmingham, and Direct Vulcanizing Co[5]
1966 Acquired Salt Engineering Co (Coventry)[6]
c.1966 Acquired family-owned company of Broughton, maker of hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders and electronic controls, with factories at King's Norton and Hockley[7]
1967 Acquired the share and loan interest of Coventry Gauge in Humphris and Sons of Poole[8]
1967 Acquired Newick Engineering of Worcester[9]
1968 Acquired Star Engineering of Malvern[10]
1968 Acquired Prendiside from the liquidators of B. and K. Machinery[11]
1968 merger of Redman Tools and Heenan Group by one-for-one share offer for Heenan by Redman[12] forming Redman Heenan International.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times Sep 21, 1964
- ↑ The Times, Sep 05, 1964
- ↑ The Times, Feb 19, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Aug 04, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Aug 27, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Apr 09, 1966
- ↑ The Times, Jan 28, 1971
- ↑ The Times , Jul 18, 1967
- ↑ The Times, Dec 06, 1967
- ↑ The Times, Jun 05, 1968
- ↑ The Times Aug 08, 1968
- ↑ The Times, 30 July 1968