Noel Penny Turbines
Noel Penny Turbines of Coventry, designer and manufacturer of small gas turbines.
1972 Founded by Noel Penny. Edwin Ponsford was chairman
1973 The company had recruited specialists from Rolls-Royce, Lucas and British Leyland Gas Turbines[1]
1975 Acquired from receivership David Budworth, another pioneer of small gas turbines[2]
1982 In a decade the company had grown from a dozen employees to 265 of whom nearly a third, were graduates engaged in small gas turbine R and D. In 1982 the company was working for several US corporations and the US army. They also worked for Japan and Germany on different projects.[3]