Benson Group
of Oldbury (registered office Knighton, Powys (1994))
1986 Sheffield Brick Group acquired Benson Heating Ltd; changed name to Benson SBG plc[1]
1987 Acquired County Tractors[2]
1987 Name changed to Benson Group
1990 Start of rationalisation and reorganisation
1991 Sold the assets and IPR of Bamfords International, forage box business, to Foster Sales, as part of a move to exit agricultural machinery and concentrate on engineering[3] (but why was that still a subsidiary in 1994?)
1992 Acquired Thama Holdings, manufacturer of pressed metal components, and Pakaway Perrymatics, boiler maker[4]
1993 Sold Wolverhampton Pressings Ltd
1994 Acquired Diffusion Environmental Systems Ltd
1994 Active subsidiary companies included[5]:
- Benson Environmental Ltd
- Diffusion Environmental Systems Ltd
- Benson Heating Ltd
- Pakaway Perrymatics Ltd
- Energy Technique Ltd
- County Tractors Ltd
- Bamfords International Ltd
- York Towbars Ltd
- Hytex Duo Ltd
- Realm Products Ltd
- Joseph Fray Ltd
- Priest Jackson Pressings Ltd
- Associated Steels and Tools Co Ltd
1997 After disposal of 2 subsidiaries, restored dividend; the company major on "environmental controls"[6]
1998 Benson Group plc changed its name to Energy Technique plc[7]