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Vickers plc
Former British manufacturing company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other companies of the same name, see Vickers.
Vickers plc was the remainder of Vickers-Armstrongs after the nationalisation of three of its four operating groups: aviation (as a 50% share since 1960 of British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) in 1977), shipbuilding (Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group in 1977) and steel. It was purchased by Rolls-Royce plc in 1999, and the Vickers company name became defunct in 2003 as Rolls renamed the company Vinters Engineering.[1]
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Industry | Defence, engineering, marine engineering |
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Defunct | 1999 |
Fate | Purchased by Rolls-Royce plc and renamed Vickers Engineering |
Successor | Vickers Engineering Limited and Alvis Vickers |
Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Parent | Vickers-Armstrongs |
Subsidiaries | Vickers Defence Systems Cosworth |
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