Worcester Engineering
of Worcester and Clay Cross
1962 Business set up at the Old Vinegar Works in St. Martins Gate, Worcester.
1963 Established as supplier of oil-fired central heating equipment.
1967 Maker of the Firefly II oil-fired domestic boiler[1]
1968 Moved to new premises in Diglis
1971 Introduced combi-boiler
1977 Bought Delglo Appliances (and the already well established Danesmoor brand of oil boilers) from Delta Metals in Clay Cross, Derbyshire
1978 A small central heating company; took over Kirkby Manufacturing and Engineering, a workers' cooperative in Liverpool which made radiators[2]
1982 Acquired the Packaging Products subsidiary of Capseals specialising in waterproof and barrier papers[3]
1982 Acquired by Bifurcated Engineering
Presumably the Worcester business separated from BETEC at some point
1986 Floated on the London Stock Exchange - see Worcester Group
1987 Worcester Engineering was renamed Worcester Heat Systems
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Worcester-Bosch