Hampson Jig Tool and Automation
Precision engineers of Wolverhampton
1959 Private company founded as Nasmo (Machinery) Ltd by Thomas Hampson Silk[1]
1964 Name changed to the present and converted into a public company
1964 Public issue of shares; the main subsidiary was Ormerod of Birmingham and Co[2]
1964 Acquired Bellhouse Hartwell[3]
1965 Acquired E. R. Lattimer[4]
1966 Acquired Nortons-Tividale South Africa (Proprietary) Ltd[5]
By 1968 Other subsidiaries included:
1968 Acquired Amalgamated Cleaning Services Ltd ( A. C. S. Ltd) and Rolcon Engineering Ltd of Skelmersdale as the start of a move away from the company's machine tool background.
1969 Public offer of shares
1970 Last report of the company under this name[6] - see Hampson Industries