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1984 [[John Brown and Co]] sold the Coventry-based machine tool operations of [[Wickman]] Ltd and [[Webster and Bennett]] to a consortium headed by [[Ketlon|Ketlon Ltd]] who renamed the business '''Wickman Bennett.''' The Halifax-based machine tools business was sold to [[James H. Vickery]]<ref>The Times Jun 19, 1984</ref> <ref>[http://www.wickman-group.com/about/history/ Wickman Group website]</ref> | 1984 [[John Brown and Co]] sold the Coventry-based machine tool operations of [[Wickman]] Ltd and [[Webster and Bennett]] to a consortium headed by [[Ketlon|Ketlon Ltd]] who renamed the business '''Wickman Bennett.''' The Halifax-based machine tools business was sold to [[James H. Vickery]]<ref>The Times Jun 19, 1984</ref> <ref>[http://www.wickman-group.com/about/history/ Wickman Group website]</ref> | ||
1986 [[John Brown Automation]] was developed as a company in its own right. | |||
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Revision as of 18:22, 2 December 2016
John Brown Machine Tools a subsidiary of John Brown and Co.
Previously Wickman Machine Tools.
1982 Webster Bennett was part of John Brown Machine Tools[1]
1982 56% of the divisions products were sold overseas.[2]
1984 John Brown and Co sold the Coventry-based machine tool operations of Wickman Ltd and Webster and Bennett to a consortium headed by Ketlon Ltd who renamed the business Wickman Bennett. The Halifax-based machine tools business was sold to James H. Vickery[3] [4]
1986 John Brown Automation was developed as a company in its own right.
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1982/08/26
- ↑ The Engineer 1982/08/26 and 1982/09/02
- ↑ The Times Jun 19, 1984
- ↑ Wickman Group website