| 词条 | Strachan & Henshaw |
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| name = Strachan & Henshaw | logo = | type = Public | caption = | fate = Acquired | successor = Babcock International Group | foundation = 1879 | defunct = 2008 | location = Bristol, UK | industry = Engineering | key_people = | products = | num_employees = | parent = | subsid = }} Strachan & Henshaw was a major defence and nuclear engineering company based in Ashton Gate in Bristol. HistoryThe Company was founded by Robert Price Strachan & George Henshaw in 1879 as a partnership specialising in the manufacture of paper-bag making machinery operating from Lewin's Mead in Bristol. In 1920 the business was bought by E. S. & A. Robinson.[1] In the 1950s, as part of a consortium involving Clarke Chapman, Head Wrightson, C. A. Parsons & Co., A. Reyrolle & Co. and Whessoe and known as the Nuclear Power Plant Company ('NPPC'), it was awarded a contract for reactor mechanical plant at Oldbury nuclear power station.[2] It was subsequently awarded similar contracts at Heysham 2, Hinkley Point B, Hunterston B and Torness nuclear power stations.[2] In 1966 the Company's owners, E.S. & A. Robinson Ltd, merged with John Dickinson Ltd to form Dickinson Robinson Group.[3] In 1972 the Company became the prime contractor for launch systems for the Trafalgar class submarine fleet.[4] Then in 1989 Roland Franklin of Pembridge Associates acquired Dickinson Robinson Group[3] and went on to sell Strachan & Henshaw to Weir Group in July 1990.[5] In April 1998 it bought acquired Bridgetest Holdings Ltd, a Manchester based engineering company whose subsidiaries included Cunnington & Cooper Ltd, Nuclear and General Engineering Ltd and Wingrove & Rogers, all well-established businesses in the UK nuclear industry.[6] Then in May 2000 the Company sold its materials handling equipment division to Sweden's Svedala.[7] The business was acquired Babcock International Group for £65m in April 2008; it was subsequently fully integrated into Babcock and the Strachan & Henshaw name is no longer used.[5] References1. ^Bristol & Co. by Helen Reid, Redcliffe Press, 1987 {{ISBN|0-948265-61-2}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Strachan and Henshaw}}2. ^1 The UK Magnox and AGR Power Station Projects 3. ^1 Heritage: John Dickinson 4. ^Completed acquisition by Babcock International Group of the Strachan & Henshaw division of Weir Group plc {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830082840/http://www.oft.gov.uk/OFTwork/mergers/decisions/2008/Babcock |date=2011-08-30 }} Office of Fair Trading, 3 September 2008 5. ^1 Weir Group sells Strachan & Henshaw for £65m Herald Scotland, 22 April 2008 6. ^FELI by the wayside? World Cargo News, July 1999 7. ^Svedala buys S&H Handling {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102115846/http://www.coaltransinternational.com/htm/n20000501.662251.htm |date=2006-11-02 }} Coaltrans, May 2000 5 : Defunct manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom|Engineering companies of the United Kingdom|Companies established in 1879|Defunct companies based in Bristol|Manufacturing companies based in Bristol |
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