Difference between revisions of "British Optical and Precision Engineers"
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1947 Company formed<ref>The Times, 10 March 1948</ref> | 1947 Company formed<ref>The Times, 10 March 1948</ref> | ||
1948 Converted to public company<ref>The Times, 10 March 1948</ref> to acquire [[A. Kershaw and Son|A. Kershaw and Sons]] Ltd and its subsidiary companies, [[British Acoustic Films]] Ltd, [[Taylor, Taylor and Hobson]] Ltd, [[ | 1948 Converted to public company<ref>The Times, 10 March 1948</ref> to acquire [[A. Kershaw and Son|A. Kershaw and Sons]] Ltd and its subsidiary companies, [[British Acoustic Films]] Ltd, [[Taylor, Taylor and Hobson]] Ltd, [[G. B. Kalee|Kalee]] Ltd and '''Gaumont-Kalee Seating''' Ltd. | ||
1955 Extensive research and development programme underway. Subsidiary company [[G. B. Equipments]] Ltd had started distributing ''Dictorel'' dictating equipment<ref>The Times, 10 October 1955</ref>. | 1955 Extensive research and development programme underway. Subsidiary company [[G. B. Equipments]] Ltd had started distributing ''Dictorel'' dictating equipment<ref>The Times, 10 October 1955</ref>. |
Revision as of 09:44, 18 October 2017
Optical and precision engineers, maker of cameras, scientific instruments, etc
Subsidiary of Rank Organisation
1947 Company formed[1]
1948 Converted to public company[2] to acquire A. Kershaw and Sons Ltd and its subsidiary companies, British Acoustic Films Ltd, Taylor, Taylor and Hobson Ltd, Kalee Ltd and Gaumont-Kalee Seating Ltd.
1955 Extensive research and development programme underway. Subsidiary company G. B. Equipments Ltd had started distributing Dictorel dictating equipment[3].
1956 Name changed to Rank Precision Industries[4]