William Press Group
| Public | |
| Industry | Offshore engineering |
| Fate | Merger with Leonard Fairclough & Son |
| Successor | AMEC |
| Founded | 1913 |
| Defunct | 1982 |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
Key people | Ray Daniels (CEO) |
William Press Group was leading British engineering business which merged with Leonard Fairclough & Son to become a FTSE 100 Company.
History
The Company was founded by William Allpress in 1913 in London.[1]
In 1954 it started to focus on developments in cathodic protection for pipelines forming Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd ('MAPEL').[2]
In the 1970s it converted about 50% of the UK's houses from town gas to natural gas.[3] A business at the forefront of the development of pneumatic capsule pipelines,[4] it also diversified at that time into offshore oil and gas under the leadership of Ray Daniels.[5]
The name of the Company changed from William Press & Son to William Press Group in 1981.[6]
It merged with Leonard Fairclough & Son in 1982 to form AMEC.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Amec: About us
- ↑ Tavana: About us
- ↑ Jubilee Line Extension by Bob Mitchell, Page 369
- ↑ PCP Developments
- ↑ Obituary: Ray Daniels Daily Telegraph, 10 August 2003
- ↑ Actuaries Indices 1981