Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1865 company founded as R. and J. Beck[1] which was later acquired by Ealing Corporation of America.
1985 Public company floated in the UK; parent company, Ealing Corporation of America, retained 42.5 percent of the equity[2]
1987 Abortive attempt to construct a shell company out of this entity in order to acquire other companies[3]
1988 Acquired by 600 Group to expand its laser business[4]
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