Gilbarco
of 6670 Parkway, London, N.W.1. British subsidiary of a US-Company
1958 Firth Cleveland Instruments licensed the Gilbarco deep tank electric contents gauge from Gilbert and Barker Manufacturing Co, of Springfield USA, a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company[1]
1986 Management buyout of Gilbarco from Exxon
1987 World leading supplier of fuel dispensing and associated petrol station products. Acquired by GEC[2] which could fit with the international ambitions to build on the Avery-Hardoll petrol dispensing equipment.
1989 GEC's electronic metrology activities included the weighing equipment business (W. and T. Avery and van Berkel of Holland (57 per cent owned)) and the fuel-dispensing equipment operations through US subsidiary Gilbarco[3]
2001 Gilbarco was sold to Duke Street Capital[4]