Hymatic Engineering Co
Hymatic Engineering Company of Glover Street, Redditch, Worcestershire.
WWII Manufactured parts for the De Havilland Mosquito [1]
1946 Name of The Heywood Compressor Co , of Redditch was changed to Hymatic Engineering Co[2]
c.1952 seems to have been acquired by Chloride
1954 Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd. Design, development and manufacture of high and low-pressure air compressors, pneumatics and auxiliary equipment for aircraft; equipment for control of turbine compressor air for ancillary equipment. Directors: A. W. Browne, O.B.E., M.I.E.E.; D. MacGregor, M.A., C.A.; H. V. Schofield, M.C., M.I.E.E. Senior Executives: C. W. Kempster (Secretary); J. A. Hunt, M.I.I.A., M.B.E. (General Manager)', D. A. Higgs, A.M.I.Meeh.E., A.F.R.Ae.S. (Sales Manager), H. R. Haerle, M.I.Mech.E. (Technical Manager), Head Office and Works: Glover Street, Redditch, Worcs. T,: Redditch 743. T,A,: Hymatic Redditch.[3]
By 1957 Hymatic Engineering Co was a subsidiary of Chloride Electrical Storage Co[4]
1961 Acquired the Hydrovane Compressor Co[5]
1973 MBO; the company was involved in cryogenics, systems engineering, aircraft and missile equipment, precision control valves, and other products[6]
1974 Reverse take-over by Huntleigh Investments[7]
1980 The control valves activity was transferred to Charles Winn (Valves), part of Delta Metals Group[8]
1983 Flight Refuelling acquired Huntleigh by share-swap and sold the medical and electronics parts to the chairman and chief executive, leaving FRL with Hymatic, maker of high tech equipment for the defence and aerospace sectors[9]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Mosquito by C. Martin Sharp and Michael J. F. Bowyer. Published by Crecy Books in 1995. ISBN 0-947554-41-6
- ↑ The Times, Aug 16, 1946
- ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times Jun 06, 1957
- ↑ The Times, May 12, 1961
- ↑ The Times Jan 13, 1973
- ↑ The Times, Jan 16, 1974
- ↑ The Times, Nov 19, 1980
- ↑ The Times Jul 26, 1983