Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Hampson Jig Tool and Automation

From Graces Guide

Precision engineers of Wolverhampton

1959 Private company founded as Nasmo (Machinery) Ltd by Thomas Hampson Silk[1]

1964 Name changed to the present and converted into a public company

1964 Public issue of shares; the main subsidiary was Ormerod of Birmingham and Co[2]

1964 Acquired Bellhouse Hartwell[3]

1965 Acquired E. R. Lattimer[4]

1966 Acquired Nortons-Tividale South Africa (Proprietary) Ltd[5]

By 1968 Other subsidiaries included:

1968 Acquired Amalgamated Cleaning Services Ltd ( A. C. S. Ltd) and Rolcon Engineering Ltd of Skelmersdale as the start of a move away from the company's machine tool background.

1969 Public offer of shares

1970 Last report of the company under this name[6] - see Hampson Industries

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Feb 10, 1969
  2. The Times, Apr 27, 1964
  3. The Times, Aug 24, 1964
  4. The Times, Mar 23, 1965
  5. The Times, Feb 10, 1969
  6. The Times, Sep 16, 1970