Comino Foundation
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The Comino Foundation is a United Kingdom-based educational charitable organization.[1] It was founded in 1971 by, and takes its name, from Australia-born engineer and inventor Demetrius Comino and his daughter Anna.[2][3]
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Founded | 1971 (1971) |
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Type | Charitable organization |
Registration no. | England and Wales: 312875 |
Purpose | Education/training |
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Origins | Founded in 1971 |
Area served | England and Wales |
Administrator | Anthony Darbyshire |
Website | www |
Known as Dimitri to his friends, Comino founded Dexion, the storage system manufacturing business in 1947. Dexion is still marketed today as part of the Norway-based multinational Constructor Group and the Australia-based GUD Holdings.
Following the 1968 public flotation of Dexion, Comino arranged income to establish the Comino Foundation. He wanted to support the development in the UK of a prosperous and responsible society by promoting approaches to learning which would lead to new understandings of the process of achievement. He was also committed to changing British attitudes to industry, particularly manufacturing.