Hopkinsons
Britannia Works of Huddersfield.
1843 Company founded - see J. Hopkinson and Co
1926 Public company.
1927 Advert for boiler mountings and valves
1961 Manufacturers of boiler mountings, valves, soot blowers, steel castings and centrifugal separators. 2,200 employees.
1966 Hopkinsons Ltd was incorporated
1974 Hopkinsons Holdings acquired Bryan Donkin Co, valve makers, from Hanson Trust[1]
1989 Weir Group acquired the Hopkinsons subsidiary of Hopkinsons Holdings[2].
Company history here.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Mechanical World Year Book 1927. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p1 & p83 & p134
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE