Siebe plc

Siebe plc

Former type	Public
Industry	Engineering
Fate	Merged with BTR plc
Successor	Invensys
Founded	1819
Defunct	1999
Headquarters	London, UK
Key people	Sir Barrie Stephens, (Chairman)

Siebe plc was once one of the United Kingdom's largest engineering businesses. It was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but in 1999 it merged with BTR plc to form Invensys.

History

1819: Siebe plc was founded by Augustus Siebe in London.^[1]
1830: The company, by then trading as Siebe Gorman, developed its first diving helmet.^[1]
1972: Siebe plc acquired James North & Sons, a large safety products business, and continued to brand it as North Safety Products.^[2]
1987: Siebe plc started to diversify, acquiring the Barber-Colman Company, an industrial automation and controls business.
1990: Siebe plc the Foxboro Company, another industrial automation business.^[1]
1994: Siebe plc bought Triconex, a safety control business.^[1]
1997: Siebe plc acquired APV plc.
1998: Siebe plc sold North Safety Products (and Siebe Gorman with it) to Norcross.^[3]
1998: Siebe plc acquired Eurotherm, Wonderware and Simulation Sciences.
1999: Siebe plc acquired Esscor.^[1]
1999: Siebe plc merged with BTR plc to form Invensys.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Invensys: About us
^ Siebe olc: Profile
^ Siebe confirms sale of North Safety Products business Auto Channel, 6 October 1998
^ Siebe and BTR to merge into $24bn automotion giant Managing Automotion, 1 January 1999