Furmanite Engineering Co (1929)
Service business repairing metal vessels such as pipelines and plant
of 65 Paul Street, Liverpool, 3. Telephone: Bank 5224. Telegraphic Address: "Jager, Liverpool"
of Kendal (1981)
1929 Company incorporated to acquire the business of Furmanite Engineering Corporation Ltd of London and the registered trade-mark Furmanite.
1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Furmanite method of quickly, effectively and permanently sealing leaks under pressure. Furmanite compound is injected when softened by heat into the leak where continued heat hardens it into efficient packing. (Stand No. D.228)
1967 Renamed Furmanite Ltd, of Birkenhead
1972 Had developed a process for repairing pipelines operating under pressure[1]
1974 Renamed Furmanite International of Kendal
1981 J. Bibby and Sons acquired 85 percent of Furmanite International Ltd with its world-wide service operation sealing industrial plant under pressure, manufacture of equipment and leak sealing compounds.[2]
1982 Furmanite International of Liverpool
1985 Furmanite International of London
1986 Management buy-out[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- 1937 British Industries Fair Page 355
- Companies House filings