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Simon Engineering
From Graces Guide
of Dudley
Registered office Cheadle Heath, Stockport
1960 Company formed by the merger of the 2 parents of the Simon Engineering Group: Henry Simon (Holdings) Ltd and Simon-Carves Ltd[1].
1968 Combined mobile crane and working platform
c.1970 Acquired SPL International[2]
1977 The Simon Group's software subsidiary, SPL International, agreed in principle to join the Insac marketing venture[3]
1977 Sold SPL International to NDC Systems SA of Canada and the National Enterprise Board[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- The Engineer of 2nd August 1968 p157