Williams Holdings
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Industrial conglomerate
c.1981 Messrs McGowan and Rudd took control of the company[1].
1986 Acquired Spencer-Clark Metal Industries[2], J. and H. B. Jackson[3], Fairey Engineering makers of military bridges, from Pearson[4], and Duport, the largest of 5 acquisitions in the past 15 months[5]. Acquired London and Midland Industrials, a holding company[6].
1986 Williams sold 21 subsidiaries to Haleworth, a newly formed company[7]
1987 Acquired Crown Paints and Polycell divisions from Reed International[8]; later bought Berger, Jenson and Nicholson from Hoechst[9].
1988 Acquired L. F. Knight maker of wooden summerhouses, to complement its Amdega conservatory subsidiary.[10]; bid for Yale and Valor[11]; acquired Newage Transmissions[12]; acquired Smallbone Kitchens[13]. Sold 2 North American plastics subsidiaries[14].
1990 Nobel Industries Sweden bought Crown Berger from Williams[15]
1991 Acquired Yale and Valor[16]
2000 The group was broken up; Yale was sold to Assa Abloy of Sweden[17]; Chubb and Kidde were floated on the Stock Exchanged[18].
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, August 28, 1986
- ↑ The Times, February 24, 1986
- ↑ The Times, April 12, 1986
- ↑ The Times, April 03, 1986
- ↑ The Times, May 13, 1986
- ↑ The Times, August 28, 1986
- ↑ The Times, November 26, 1986
- ↑ The Times, June 16, 1987
- ↑ The Times, December 08, 1987
- ↑ The Times June 16, 1988
- ↑ The Times July 18, 1988
- ↑ The Times August 09, 1988
- ↑ The Times, August 31, 1988
- ↑ The Times September 13, 1988
- ↑ The Times, May 03, 1990
- ↑ The Times March 05, 1991
- ↑ The Times, May 09, 2000
- ↑ The Times, November 15, 2000
