Difference between revisions of "Transport and Chemical Engineering"
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Transport and Chemical Engineering (T.A.C.E.), investor in private and family-controlled engineering companies, in transport and precision engineering, and instrumentation. | Transport and Chemical Engineering (T.A.C.E.), investor in private and family-controlled engineering companies, in transport and precision engineering, and instrumentation. | ||
1967 [[Transport and Chemical Engineering]] was floated by London and Northern Securities; it had 2 subsidiaries - [[Yorkshire Engineering and Welding Co]] and [[H. W. P. Engineering]]<ref> The Times Nov 01, 1967</ref> | 1967 [[Transport and Chemical Engineering]] was floated by [[London and Northern Securities]]; it had 2 subsidiaries - [[Yorkshire Engineering and Welding Co]] and [[H. W. P. Engineering]]<ref> The Times Nov 01, 1967</ref> | ||
1968 Acquired [[Northumbrian Metal]]<ref>The Times, Jul 04, 1968</ref> | 1968 Acquired [[Northumbrian Metal]]<ref>The Times, Jul 04, 1968</ref> | ||
Revision as of 23:00, 15 February 2020
Transport and Chemical Engineering (T.A.C.E.), investor in private and family-controlled engineering companies, in transport and precision engineering, and instrumentation.
1967 Transport and Chemical Engineering was floated by London and Northern Securities; it had 2 subsidiaries - Yorkshire Engineering and Welding Co and H. W. P. Engineering[1]
1968 Acquired Northumbrian Metal[2]
1968 Acquired 75 percent of Goring Kerr[3] of Windsor
1969 Acquired 2 more companies[4]
1973 Transport and Chemical Engineering acquired Balmforth Engineering of Luton[5].
1974 Name changed to TACE[6].
1983 Floated about 40 percent of the shares in Goring Kerr, the company's high tech US subsidiary[7] which specialised in metal detection[8]
1984 Planned to float British Indicators and Tace Industrial, maker of weighing machines for the food manufacturing industry[9]
1988 Acquired Airmatic to extend the range of inspection equipment[10]
1991 TACE, environmental engineers, was acquired by Cambridge Electronic Industries[11]