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Airtech

From Graces Guide
July 1949. (Flight 1949/07/28)

Airtech Ltd. of Aylesbury and Thame Airport, Haddenham, Bucks.

Manufacturer of electronic equipment for telecommunications industry, for the Ministry of Defence and others[1]

By 1968 was a subsidiary of Ropner Holdings; acquired William Mills and Co (Sheffield) maker of industrial spades, garden tools[2]

1987 Work on Ptarmigan came to an end, so the unit at Thame was closed. The company was being reorganised because of continued losses, particularly on defence contracts, so the business was being refocused on non-defence work[3]

1988 Ropner Holdings sold the company to its management[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, Nov 05, 1980
  2. ↑ The Times, Oct 30, 1968
  3. ↑ Ropner 1987 Annual report
  4. ↑ 1988 Annual report for Ropner
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