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].
1960 Acquired T. and T. Vicars
1961 Subsidiary companies established: Simon-Vicars Ltd and Simon-Waldron Ltd
By 1964 owned W. S. Barron and Son, which was renamed Simon-Barron Ltd
1967 The company was reorganised into 6 divisions:[2]
- Simon-Carves Chemical Engineering Ltd
- Simon Handling Engineers Ltd
- Flour Milling division
- Simon-Hooper division
- Simon-Barron Ltd
1968 Combined mobile crane and working platform
1968 Formed JV Simon-Litwin to build process plant for oil refineries. Acquired Hartleys (Stoke-on-Trent) Ltd, sewage treatment specialists.
1969 Acquired the feed milling interests of E. R. and F. Turner[3]
c.1970 Acquired SPL International[4]
1977 The Simon Group's software subsidiary, SPL International, agreed in principle to join the Insac marketing venture[5]
1977 Sold SPL International to NDC Systems SA of Canada and the National Enterprise Board[6]
1984 Acquired Drake and Scull[7]
1987 Acquired Gloster Saro, maker of fire tenders from Hawker Siddeley[8]
1987 Main Divisions were:[9]
- Manufacturing
- Access and Fire
- Food
- Equipment
- Engineering Contracting
- Building services
- Capital Projects
- Overseas Operations
- Technology
- Services
- Oil Services
- Storage
- Merchanting
- Transport and Warehousing
1989 Planned to sell Drake and Scull[10]
1991 Acquired Robertson Holdings, a minerals consultancy[11]
1994 New management adopted an exercise to reduce debt; sold TR Oil Services and Unichem[12]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 26 May 1961
- ↑ The Times May 30, 1967
- ↑ The Times Jan. 14, 1969
- ↑ The Times, Oct 07, 1977
- ↑ The Times, Jun 18, 1977
- ↑ The Times , Oct 07, 1977
- ↑ The Times May 9, 1984
- ↑ The Times Sept. 24, 1987
- ↑ 1987 Annual report
- ↑ The Times The Aug. 10, 1989
- ↑ The Times Oct. 31, 1995
- ↑ The Times Mar. 15, 1994