British Steam Specialties
British Steam Specialties Ltd. (originally British Steam Specialities)
of Bedford Street, Leicester, supplier of pipeline equipment and components.
of Southampton Buildings, Chancery-lane, London. (1900).
of Alfred Street, Leicester. (1902).
of Fleet Street, Leicester. (1913).
1899 Private company.
1899 Name changed.
1900 Catalogue issued. [1] [2]
1919 Installation of power plant.[3]
1950 A substantial interest was acquired by Thomas Tilling[4]
1960 Advert for pressure gauges, valves and cocks. of Fleet Street, Leicester.[5]
1961 Manufacturers and distributors of equipment for steam, gas, air, oil, water and chemicals. Makers of valves, Velan steam traps and ancillary pipe line equipment. 400 employees. [6]
1963 Public company floated[7]
1973 Several unsuccessful attempts made to take over the company[8]
c.1986 the name was changed to BSS
1998 Acquired Havelock Controls, a distributor of specialist controls products[9].
2010 Acquired by Travis Perkins[10]
2013 Other subsidiaries were AMS Pumps, Austin Stroud, Manor Plastics, Pegler and Louden[11]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1900/05/25
- ↑ Fielden’s Magazine Vol 4
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p45
- ↑ The Times, Mar 06, 1950
- ↑ * Mechanical World Year Book 1960. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p81
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times Jan 17, 1963
- ↑ The Times Sep 29, 1973
- ↑ Havelock Website [1]
- ↑ BSS website [2]
- ↑ BSS Brochure