Amalgamated Power Engineering
| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Engineering |
| Predecessors | W. H. Allen, Sons & Company Ltd. and Belliss and Morcom |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Defunct | 1981 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Northern Engineering Industries |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | United Kingdom |
| Products | Engines, pumps, compressors, gas processing plant |
Amalgamated Power Engineering (APE) was a British engineering holding company, created through the 1968 merger of W.H. Allen, Sons and Co and Belliss and Morcom. It was acquired in 1981 by Northern Engineering Industries
History
[edit]The company was created in 1968 through the merger of W. H. Allen, Sons & Company Ltd. (which had absorbed William Foster & Co. in 1960) and Belliss and Morcom.[1]
In 1966, the receiver of Crossley Brothers of Manchester,[2] sold the Crossley-Premier Engines and Furnival and Co businesses to Belliss and Morcom (B&M) of Birmingham, West Midlands.[1] In 1968 B&M agreed to a merger with W.H. Allen, Sons and Co of Bedford,[3] to form Amalgamated Power Engineering (APE), 60% owned by Allen's shareholders (which included William Foster & Co.) and 40% by Belliss and Morcom; which instantly became a leading manufacturer of engines.[4] In 1968, APE reached agreement with Cooper-Bessemer to allow C-B to sell APE's gas treatment plant worldwide. In 1969, APE's Allen Gwynnes Pumps subsidiary acquired the industrial pumps business of Vickers plc based in Barrow in Furness.
After a difficult period in the 1970s, when due to ongoing losses APE sold a number of subsidiaries, in 1981 APE was acquired by Northern Engineering Industries plc, based in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne.[5] NEI shut most of the old central-Birmingham factories, consolidated the products around compressors, and moved B&M to Redditch.[1] NEI itself was then acquired by Rolls-Royce plc in 1989.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Belliss and Morcom". GracesGuide.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ Crossley Motors
- ^ "Bedford timeline". Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ Accountancy[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b NZR Cranes Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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