Simon Engineering
of Dudley
Registered office Cheadle Heath, Stockport
1960 Company formed by the merger of the 2 parents of the Simon Engineering Group: Henry Simon (Holdings) Ltd and Simon-Carves Ltd[1].
1960 Acquired T. and T. Vicars
1961 Subsidiary companies established: Simon-Vicars Ltd and Simon-Waldron Ltd
By 1964 owned W. S. Barron and Son, which was renamed Simon-Barron Ltd
1967 The company was reorganised into 6 divisions:[2]
- Simon-Carves Chemical Engineering Ltd
- Simon Handling Engineers Ltd
- Flour Milling division
- Simon-Hooper division
- Simon-Barron Ltd
1968 Combined mobile crane and working platform
1968 Formed JV Simon-Litwin to build process plant for oil refineries. Acquired Hartleys (Stoke-on-Trent) Ltd, sewage treatment specialists.
1969 Acquired the feed milling interests of E. R. and F. Turner[3]
c.1970 Acquired SPL International[4]
1977 The Simon Group's software subsidiary, SPL International, agreed in principle to join the Insac marketing venture[5]
1977 Sold SPL International to NDC Systems SA of Canada and the National Enterprise Board[6]
1984 Acquired Drake and Scull[7]
1987 Acquired Gloster Saro, maker of fire tenders from Hawker Siddeley[8]
1989 Planned to sell Drake and Scull[9]
1991 Acquired Robertson Holdings, a minerals consultancy[10]
1994 New management adopted an exercise to reduce debt; sold TR Oil Services and Unichem[11]