Brown Boveri Kent
Makers of industrial instruments, process control and metering
1974 George Kent was acquired by Swiss company Brown, Boveri and Co - the group was split into two parts Brown Boveri Kent and a new company Scientific and Medical Instruments; Brown Boveri would inject funds into Brown Boveri Kent and be the largest shareholder with 49 percent of the equity [1]; SMI would take in Cambridge Instrument Co but needed state aid in order to establish the business[2]
1975 Substantial improvement in profits[3]
1976 After a rights issue, the National Enterprise Board increased its minority holding in the company and Brown Boveri became majority shareholders[4]
1980 National Enterprise Board sold its 20 percent holding at a loss[5]
1981 Sold the Evershed Power Optics subsidiary to Vinten Group, maker of aerial reconnaissance systems and other monitoring equipment[6]
1981 Brown Boveri Kent went into loss[7]
As the 1980s progresses, the rationalization of the business paid dividends
1988 No reporting of the stock price after May 31 - presumably BBK was absorbed by the parent company.