Meggitt
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| Type | Public limited company |
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| Traded as | LSE: MGGT |
| Industry | Aerospace Defence |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Headquarters | Bournemouth Airport, Hampshire, United Kingdom |
| Key people | Sir Colin Terry (Chairman) Terry Twigger (CEO) |
| Revenue | £1,605.8 million (2012)[1] |
| Operating income | £323.6 million (2012)[1] |
| Net income | £243.3 million (2012)[1] |
| Website | www.meggitt.com |
Meggitt PLC is a British engineering business specialising in aerospace equipment. It has its headquarters at Bournemouth Airport in Dorset. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
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[edit] History
The Company was established in the 1940s as a machine tool business based in Halifax known as Willson Lathes. It went public in 1947 and in 1964 acquired an engineering business in Dorset known as Meggitt. The Company subsequently changed its name from Willson Lathes to Meggitt Holdings. In 1983 it was acquired by Nigel McCorkell and Ken Coates together with 3i Group in a management buy-in. In 1986 it bought Bestobell, another large engineering business.[2]
In 2004 it acquired the design and manufacturing division of the Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group for circa £700 million.[3] In 2007 Meggitt acquired K&F Industries, the parent company of the Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation, for circa £930 million.[4] In 2010, Meggitt acquired Pacific Scientific Aerospace from Danaher.[5]
Meggitt owns Securaplane, maker of the control system for the GS Yuasa lithium cobalt oxide (LiCo) batteries for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet grounded in January 2013.[6] Securaplane stated to the FAA that Mobile Power Solutions had approved a battery system made by Rose Electronics using Kokam cells, and that the installed batteries in the 787 are "identical". They are made by Yuasa.[6]
[edit] Operations
The Group is organised as follows:[7]
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Aerospace Equipment
Defence Systems
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Sensing Systems
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Preliminary Results 2012
- ^ Bedwell, Tommy A Brief History Of Bestobell, Bestobell Founders Welfare Trust (2008)
- ^ Meggitt and Carlyle carve up Dunlop Standard Aerospace Flight Global, 13 Jul 2004
- ^ Meggitt to buy K&F Industries Reuters, 6 March 2007
- ^ Meggitt Agrees to Buy Danaher's Pacific Scientific Unit for $685 Million Bloomberg, 18 January 2011
- ^ a b Brewin, Bob (January 22, 2013). "A 2006 BATTERY FIRE DESTROYED BOEING 787 SUPPLIER’S FACILITY". NextGov. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ Meggitt: Operating Companies
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