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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. | 1986 [[John Brown Automation]] was developed as a company in its own right.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eL7_CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=John+Brown+Machine+Tools&source=bl&ots=1b55Dk64Pj&sig=i5hJGQhlAHO0difZ6RsIea7AzgA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF-KOU7djKAhXKuxQKHXYXAHMQ6AEIPDAG#v=onepage&q=John%20Brown%20Machine%20Tools&f=false The International Robot Industry Report, By John Mortimer, Brian Rooks, p 41.]</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:23, 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.[5]
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
- ↑ The International Robot Industry Report, By John Mortimer, Brian Rooks, p 41.