Dobson Park Industries
1969 William Park and Co (Forgemaster) was merged with Dobson Hardwick, both of whom were substantial makers of roof props for underground mines; the new company Dobson Park Industries would be owned 50:50 by the 2 constituent companies[1]
1969 Formed new subsidiary Gullick Dobson as a major supplier of powered props and other mining equipment[2]
1973 Acquired Powell and Co, of St Helens, makers of waste paper handling machinery, and Markon Engineering, of Oakham, makers of alternators and generators[3]
1974 Acquired Powerlite Group of New South Wales[4]
1975 Had 60 percent of the NCB's business for powered roof supports, which accounted for 60 percent of the NCB's capital spend underground[5]
1983 Fletcher Sutcliffe Wild was sold by Booker to Dobson Park Industries[6]
Diversified into electronic control systems, toys and plastics in a vain attempt to stem find a source of growth[7]
1993 Longwall International was formed by merging the mining equipment interests of the Dobson Park Group with Meco International[8]. Also sold the power tools business, leaving the operations of Dobson Park only half as large as they were in 1991[9]
1995 Acquired by US company Harnischfeger Industries which wanted to merge the company with its Joy Manufacturing subsidiary which made mining equipment[10]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Mar 19, 1969
- ↑ The Times, Oct 03, 1969
- ↑ The Times, Jul 26, 1973
- ↑ The Times, Oct 11, 1974
- ↑ The Times, Jan 13, 1975
- ↑ The Times (London, England), Friday, Apr 22, 1983
- ↑ The Times (London, England), Saturday, September 09, 1995
- ↑ The Times, January 20, 1993
- ↑ The Times, June 17, 1993
- ↑ The Times, October 27, 1995