of Colchester, a shell company involved in various activities including building products, castings, ceramics and electrical services.
1984 Christy Bros. acquired R. Hunt and Co
1985 Name changed to Christy Hunt plc
1985 Declared half year profits[1]
1987 Acquired Deritend Stamping Co
1987 Acquired the manufacturing businesses of Walter Lawrence[2]
1988 Christy and Norris was sold to "Bentall in Scunthorpe"[3]
1988 Acquired by Triplex Lloyd except for Taylor Tunnicliff which was retained by the existing directors[4]
1991 Name changed to Deritend International plc
1991 Members of the group had included Christy Hunt plc, Christy Hunt Engineering Ltd and R. Hunt and Co Ltd[5]
1997 Doncasters, components manufacturer, acquired Triplex Lloyd, and was considering whether the acquired automotive division was non-core[6]
2003 A number of subsidiary companies had been wound up and their final meetings were held consecutively in Manchester[7]:
- D. Elwell Ltd
- F. H. Lloyd Holdings Ltd
- C. Hunt Ltd
- Christy Hunt (Beken) Ltd
- Parker Foundry Ltd
- Deritend Vacuum Castings Ltd
2005 Christy Hunt Engineering Ltd was wound up[8]
2008 Christy Hunt Ltd was wound up[9]