Plenty and Son of Eagle Ironworks,
Newbury, Berkshire
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, England, was an engineering company specialising in marine
steam engine
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s. The company was founded in 1800.
In 1928, the company started to manufacture
diesel engine
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s under the name Plenty-Still, at Kings Road, Newbury. In 1932, the diesel engine business became a separate company named the Newbury Diesel Company. The Plenty name is now owned by SPX FLOW.
Takeovers
Around 1970, Plenty and Son was acquired by Booker McConnell and, by 1977, it had become part of the
Booker Group
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In January 2017, it was announced that the British multinational supermarket retailer Tesco had agreed to purchase the company for £3.7 billion. It was con ...
's fluid engineering division, supplying pumps and related equipment to the oil industry.
In 2001, Plenty was acquired by SPX FLOW. There are now (August 2017) three divisions: Plenty Filters in Newbury, Plenty Mixers in
Manchester
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and Plenty Pumps in
Glasgow
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.
Newbury Diesel Company
The Newbury Diesel Company (NDC), which was a separate business from 1932, produced the "Sirron" range of engines. Henry Kent Norris was prominent in the company and the "Sirron" name is Norris spelt backwards. Sirron diesels were fitted to the
MV Balmoral
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* , an excursion ship
* , a cruise ship
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. In 1936, NDC became a wholly owned subsidiary of the shipping company, F.T. Everard and Sons. In 2006/2007 F.T. Everard and Sons was acquired by
James Fisher & Sons
James Fisher and Sons plc () is a British provider of marine engineering services, listed on the London Stock Exchange. It also remains a major shipowner, based in Barrow-in-Furness since the 1840s.
History
The company was founded by James Fishe ...
and became James Fisher Everard.
See also
*
Sirron Cars
References
Engineering companies of England
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