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Defunct manufacturing companies of England

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Acorn Computers
British computer company founded in 1978
Rootes Group
British automobile manufacturer
Boulton and Watt
Defunct British engineering firm (1775–1895)
Vickers-Armstrongs
Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927. The majority of the company was nationalised in the 1960s and 1970s, with the remainder being divested as Vickers plc in 1977.
Austin-Healey
Austin-Healey was a British sports car maker established in 1952 through a joint venture between the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and the Donald Healey Motor Company (Healey), a renowned automotive engineering and design firm. Leonard Lord represented BMC and Donald Healey his firm.
Vickers Limited
British engineering conglomerate
Andrew Handyside and Company
former iron founder company
Metro-Cammell
thumb|A door step plate from a unit of London Underground 1973 Stock, built by Metro-Cammell
Gestetner
right|thumb|An A4-size Gestetner Offset printing|offset-printing machine The Gestetner is a type of duplicating machine named after its inventor, David Gestetner (1854–1939). During the 20th century, the term Gestetner was used as a verb—as in Gestetnering. The Gestetner company established its base in London, filing its first patent in 1879. The business grew, remaining within the control of the Gestetner family, and acquiring other businesses. In 1995, the Gestetner company was acquired by the Ricoh Corporation of Japan.
Robert Adams
British gunsmith
Parker Hale
Parker-Hale Ltd. was primarily a British firearms accessory manufacturer for rifle sights, gun cleaning equipment and shooting accessories establishing a reputation among civilian marksmen and shooting clubs in the UK. It also made Firearms and air rifles. It was located in the Gun Quarter of Birmingham, England. It was founded by Alfred Gray Parker and Arthur Hale.
Meccano Ltd
defunct British toy company
Clayton & Shuttleworth
UK business
Sentinel Waggon Works
defunct British manufacturing company
Siebe Gorman
British diving equipment company