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Vickers
Sign in to saveVickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells. The company went public in 1867, acquired more businesses, and began branching out into military hardware and shipbuilding.
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Vinony's link graph records 1,017 inbound references to Vickers, and connects out to United Kingdom, World War I and weapon.
Vinony files it under Companies disestablished in 2004, Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange and Defunct companies of the United Kingdom.
Vinony links it to 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Vickers
- Company.logo
- Vickers plc logo.svg
- Company.fate
- Acquired
- Company.successor
- Rolls-Royce plc
- Company.foundation
- 1828
- Company.founder
- Edward Vickers
- Company.defunct
- 1999
- Company.location
- London, England
- Company.industry
- Engineering
- Company.products
- AircraftArmamentsShips
- Company.subsid
- Metropolitan-Vickers
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Described at
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- aerospace manufacturer
- Named after
- Edward Vickers
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Owned by
- BAE Systems
- Parent organization
- BAE Systems
- Followed by
- Vickers-Armstrongs
- Image
- Vickers 806 Viscount, British Airways AN1937323.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vickers
- topic's main category
- Category:Vickers
- replaces
- ABC Motors
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1999-00-00
- inception
- 1828-01-01
- different from
- Vickers Limited
- native label
- Vickers
- described at URL
- www.vickersmg.org.uk
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