Holding company, of West Bromwich, founded by Charles Cooper.
1956 Cooper Investments was incorporated[1]
1965 Acquired Bromford Iron and Steel Co from F. H. Tomkins[2].
1965 March: 3 subsidiaries had been reorganised and so the company was ready for public incorporation[3]. Listed on the Birmingham Stock Exchange[4]
1965 Acquired[5]:
- Wetenhall Cooper of Lichfield, building contractors
- Micole Building Supplies
- Trent Valley Plant Hire, a recently formed company
1969 Abandoned aim of being a holding company; instead focussed on steel re-rolling and engineers[6]
1971 Flotation of Jevons Cooper which consisted of Stanley Jevons Tool Co and Cooper Precision Engineering; retained 55percent[7]. Head office moved to Dudley.
1971 Acquired the fastener group of Grampian Holdings, which consisted of 8 companies[8]
1972 Flotation of Garton Cooper, maker of bolts and washers in the West Midlands and stampings and dies in Lanarkshire; Coopers would retain 50 percent[9]
1972 Jevons Cooper acquired Henry Osborn (of Newcastle), factors of engineers' tools and machinery of Newcastle upon Tyne[10]
1972 Announced plans with F. H. Lloyd and Co to establish a steel "mini-mill" to make billets in West Bromwich[11]
1973 Acquired K. W. K. Birkenhead and Marlow Manufacturing Co[12]
1976 sold the remainder of Garton Cooper[13]
1977 Acquired 29 percent of Charles Clifford Industries of Stourbridge, wrought metal and metal sprayers[14]. Re-acquired the remainder of Jevons Cooper[15]
1978 Sold the holding in Charles Clifford Industries to Jessel Securities[16] and its interests in Wetenhall Cooper and Hermes Joinery, the building subsidiaries[17]
1980 Sold all of the interests in Lloyd Cooper to F. H. Lloyd and Co[18]
1982 Group companies:[19]
- Bromford Iron and Steel Co Ltd
- Cooper Precision Engineering Ltd
- Henry Osborn Ltd
- Cooper Securities Inc
- Cooper Investments Inc
Also owned one third of R. V. C. Ltd, maker of motor homes
1985 The principal trading companies of Cooper Industries were:[20]
- Bromford Iron and Steel Co Ltd
- Redman Fisher Engineering Ltd
- Cooper Precision Engineering Ltd
- Meads Cooper Steel Structures Ltd
- Cooper Securities Inc
- Bettles and Co Ltd
1986 The name of Cooper Industries plc was changed to C. I. Group plc[21]
1995 C. I. Group was acquired by Ash and Lacy plc
2000 C. I. Group plc was renamed as Hawkhead Properties Ltd
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ companies house filing
- ↑ The Times, 22 January 1965
- ↑ The Times, Mar 15, 1965
- ↑ The Times September 30, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Apr 09, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Dec 04, 1969
- ↑ e Times, Jan 11, 1971
- ↑ The Times, Sep 25, 1971
- ↑ The Times, Apr 07, 1972
- ↑ The Times, Apr 28, 1972
- ↑ The Times, Jun 10, 1972
- ↑ The Times, Jan 17, 1973
- ↑ The Times, Jul 08, 1976
- ↑ The Times, Apr 22, 1977
- ↑ The Times, Aug 10, 1977
- ↑ The Times, Jul 28, 1978
- ↑ The Times, Nov 06, 1978
- ↑ The Times, Dec 02, 1980
- ↑ 1982 Annual report
- ↑ 1986 Annual report
- ↑ Companies House filing