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1971 [[Kent Castings|Kent Castings (Gillingham) Ltd]], having acquired Oxley Engineering, changed its name to '''Butterley Engineering Industries''' Ltd<ref>The Times, Aug 13, 1971</ref> | 1971 [[Kent Castings|Kent Castings (Gillingham) Ltd]], having acquired Oxley Engineering, changed its name to '''Butterley Engineering Industries''' Ltd<ref>The Times, Aug 13, 1971</ref> | ||
1971 [[Crittall-Hope]], another Slater Walker subsidiary, was injected into '''Butterley''' and the group's name was changed to '''Crittall-Hope Engineering'''<ref>The Times, Feb 16, 1974</ref> | 1971 [[Crittall-Hope]], another [[Slater, Walker Securities|Slater Walker]] subsidiary, was injected into '''Butterley''' and the group's name was changed to '''Crittall-Hope Engineering'''<ref>The Times, Feb 16, 1974</ref> | ||
1973 Merged with another crane maker, [[Adamson-Alliance Co|Adamson Alliance]]; the two companies supplied 38 cranes to British Steel's Anchor Works at Scunthorpe<ref>The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 12, 1973</ref> | 1973 Merged with another crane maker, [[Adamson-Alliance Co|Adamson Alliance]]; the two companies supplied 38 cranes to British Steel's Anchor Works at Scunthorpe<ref>The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 12, 1973</ref> | ||
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of Ripley, Derbyshire
A subsidiary of Butterley Co[1]
1966 The MD of Butterley Engineering was appointed to the board of Butterley Co[2]
1968 Butterley Engineering included foundries, and Codnor Park works[3]
1968 Wiles Group bought the brick-making and engineering business, Butterley Co of Derby[4]. The engineering part of the business was put into Wiles' Northern Amalgamated Industries group[5]
1969 The company had received orders for bridges for British Rail, overhead sign gantries for motorways, and overhead cranes for an aluminium smelter[6]
1969 Oxley Engineering Co acquired Butterley Engineering from Hanson Trust[7]
1971 Kent Castings (Gillingham) Ltd, having acquired Oxley Engineering, changed its name to Butterley Engineering Industries Ltd[8]
1971 Crittall-Hope, another Slater Walker subsidiary, was injected into Butterley and the group's name was changed to Crittall-Hope Engineering[9]
1973 Merged with another crane maker, Adamson Alliance; the two companies supplied 38 cranes to British Steel's Anchor Works at Scunthorpe[10]
1974 Norcros acquired Butterley Engineering[11] as part of Crittall-Hope Engineering.
1986 Norcros merged its Butterley Engineering subsidiary with John Smith (Keighley); the merged company traded as Butterley Engineering[12]
1988 Norcros sold Butterley Engineering to Haden MacLellan Holdings[13]
2000 Contractors for the Falkirk Wheel[14]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Aug 29, 1967
- ↑ The Times, Jul 18, 1966
- ↑ The Times, Jan 19, 1968
- ↑ The Times, Dec 04, 1968
- ↑ The Times, Dec 17, 1968
- ↑ The Times, Jul 16, 1969
- ↑ The Times, Nov 28, 1969
- ↑ The Times, Aug 13, 1971
- ↑ The Times, Feb 16, 1974
- ↑ The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 12, 1973
- ↑ The Times, Feb 16, 1974
- ↑ The Times (London, England), Thursday, November 27, 1986
- ↑ The Times, December 02, 1988
- ↑ The Times, November 11, 2000