1963 K. G. (Holdings), electrical and mechanical engineers, changed its name to Crown House Investments[1]
1964 Subsidiary F. H. Wheeler acquired Connaught Contractors (Send); Dema Glass acquired Jones and Co (Glass) importers and distributors of glassware[2]. Acquired Webb's Crystal Glass Co Ltd[3]
1967 Acquired Furse Group from Electrical and Industrial Securities[4]
1968 Acquired Richard Crittall (Holdings), heating and ventilation engineers[5]; formed a new subsidiary, Wheeler Crittall Berry, for the contracting companies that were part of the group[6]
1969 Renovated Webb's Industrial Estate in Walthamstow and let to Baird and Tatlock[7].
1969 Name changed to Crown House.
1970 Acquired National Electrical Supplies, a wholesaler[8]
1971 Sold ROM Equipment of Wembley to Brooks Ventilation Units[9]. Established a property and finance division[10]
1972 Sold Harris Engineering to Myson [11]
1973 Wheeler Crittall Berry was joined with Furse Installations to become Crown House Engineering, in Croydon, which would handle all the contracting activities[12]
1987 Coloroll acquired Crown House, particularly for its tableware activities which included Denby Stoneware, Thomas Webb and Edinburgh Crystal, George Butler cutlery and Dema Glass [13]. Coloroll planned to sell George Butler; the engineering division[14] was also sold to management[15]
1989 Tarmac acquired Crown House Engineering[16]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Thursday, Dec 12, 1963
- ↑ The Times, Monday, Apr 13, 1964
- ↑ The Times, Monday, Aug 17, 1964
- ↑ The Times, Monday, Jul 17, 1967
- ↑ The Times, Thursday, Oct 31, 1968
- ↑ The Times, Jan 21, 1969
- ↑ The Times, Monday, Apr 14, 1969
- ↑ The Times, Monday, Dec 21, 1970
- ↑ The Times, Wednesday, Aug 25, 1971
- ↑ The Times, Friday, Aug 18, 1972
- ↑ The Times, Wednesday, Apr 05, 1972
- ↑ The Times, Wednesday, Jan 03, 1973
- ↑ The Times, April 10, 1987
- ↑ The Times, May 21, 1987
- ↑ The Times, August 20, 1987
- ↑ The Times, November 16, 1989