1945 Formerly Whessoe Foundry and Engineering Co
1954 Building 2 nuclear reactor vessels for Calder Hall Power Station; finished a second wind tunnel for the National Aeronautical Establishment, Bedford[1].
1955 Joined the new Nuclear Power Plant Co[2].
1959 Delivered the first liquid methane storage tank made from aluminium[3].
1961 Engineers, builders and designers of capital plant for oil, atomic power, gas and chemical industries. Manufacturers of marine gauges and "Telepulse" gauging systems. 1,500 employees.[4]
1961 Agreement with Selas Corporation of USA to licence oil heaters and other process units[5].
1962 Acquired Express Tools of Chessington[6]. Acquired the Stooperdale part of the Darlington railway works which was due for closure; this was adjacent to the company's main works[7].
1964 First British order received for a steam naptha reforming plant (for making town gas) using the ICI process which was licensed to Selas Corporation[8].
1966 Formed joint venture with William Press and Sons to provide engineering and maintenance services for the petro-chemical industries[9].
1967 Acquired Aiton and Co[10].
1968 Took over the metal fabrication part of the business of Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co with help from the Industrial Reorganization Corporation[11].
1968 Contract from Badger for six chemical columns and reactor vessels for the heavy organic chemicals Division for the ICI North Tees works.[12]
1968 Acquired Malone Precision Tool[13].
1973 Sold the 3 companies in the precision engineering division: Express Tools, Morgan and Brace and Malone Precision Tool to Rodd Engineering Co of Shepperton[14].
1974 Whessoe Systems and Controls developed a gauge to measure the levels of liquefied gas, lpg and chemicals which was adaptable for both land and sea.[15]
1974 Made losses on fixed-price contracts for N Sea oil work.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 7 July 1954
- ↑ The Times, 4 July 1955
- ↑ The Times, 22 June 1959
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, 3 July 1961
- ↑ The Times, 2 July 1962
- ↑ The Times, 20 November 1962
- ↑ The Times, 14 September 1964
- ↑ The Times, 17 February 1966
- ↑ The Times, 27 April 1967
- ↑ The Times, 22 March 1968
- ↑ The Engineer 1968/07/05 p9
- ↑ The Times, 10 December 1968
- ↑ The Times, 17 February 1973
- ↑ The Engineer 1974/04/18