Company timeline: 1980s
News about the company, people and products
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Click here to see a list of high-value orders taken by the company in the 1980s.
Date | Event | Significance | Source |
02/04/1980 | Citizen: Announcement of 40 redundancies | People news | D7338/8/2/20 |
1981 | Major order for 4,500 tonne Aluminium Plate Stretching machine. (for T.A.L.C.O. Tiawan). | Product news | D7338/10/6/9 |
31/12/1982 | By the end of this year the number of employees stood at 75. | People news | John B |
24/05/1983 | Redman Heenan International sold F & P to senior managers and FFI for £295,000 cash | Company news | RHI Group notice 01/08/1983 |
1985 | Major order received for 16MN Aluminium Extrusion Press from USA. (Elixir Industries, Douglas, Georgia, USA. | Product news | D7338/10/6/9 |
17/04/1986 | Fielding & Platt enters voluntary receivership. | Company news | JB Receivers’ letter |
21/04/1986 | RHI changes name to St Modwen Properties. | Company news | St Modwen website |
23/05/1986 | Clayton, Son & Co. (Holdings) Ltd.,buys company from the Receivers. | Company news | Clayton Group 1986 Accounts |
20/06/1986 | D N Whittaker (Finance Director) resigns, leaving at the end of June. | People news | D7338/1/4/2 |
30/09/1986 | M B Harrison (Managing Director) resigns, leaving end of October. | People news | D7338/1/4/2 |
30/10/1986 | L A Spooner appointed as Chief Executive (effective 01/11/1986). | People news | D7338/1/4/2 |
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