Company timeline: 1970s
News about the company, people and products
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Date | Event | Significance | Source |
1970 | A C Hayes retires as a director | People news | D7338/1/4/1 |
1971 | Completion of new erection hall with 100 ton remote controlled crane, on Baker Street site. | Company news | JB |
1971 | Transfer to Glos. of Redman bumper bar roll-forming m/c business. | Company news | JB |
20/01/1971 | Citizen: announcement of 50 redundancies at Fielding & Platt | People news | D7338/8/2/13 |
26/04/1971 | Agreement with Combustion Engineering Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, licence to manufacture briquetting presses. | Company news | D7338/1/4/1 |
07/10/1971 | Citizen: announces loss of more than 100 jobs at Fielding & Platt | People news | D7338/8/2/13 |
12/11/1971 | Citizen: Redman Heenan announces half-yearly losses of £946,000. | Company news | D7338/8/2/13 |
04/01/1972 | Citizen: reports short-time, where 150 people were made redundant in 1971. | People news | D7338/8/2/14 |
19/01/1972 | Citizen: reports presentation to J T Hobbs after 50 years service. | People news | D7338/8/2/14 |
10/03/1972 | Citizen: reports that J A Lamond joins the board of Fielding & Platt. | People news | D7338/8/2/14 |
16/06/1972 | Citizen: city man claims damages for loading mishap, sustained broken wrist. | People news | D7338/8/2/14 |
20/06/1972 | Citizen: reports John Pickernell lost case for compensation against F & P. | People news | D7338/8/2/14 |
13/07/1972 | Maketing agreement reached with USI Clearing, Chicago, licence agreement to manufacture and service USI Clearing presses in UK. | Product news | D7338/8/2/14 |
1972 | Citizen: reports more orders for bumper m/c’s following transfer to Glos. | Product news | D7338/8/2/14 |
06/06/1973 | K D Andrews appointed Financial Director of Fielding & Platt. | People news | D7338/1/4/1 |
03/10/1973 | FT: R H Telfer appointed Managing Director of F & P. D V Rowles appointed MD of Redman Heenan Froude. | People news | D7338/8/2/13 |
21/12/1973 | FT: Redman Heenan International returns to profit in second half of 1973 | Company news | D7338/8/2/17 |
25/02/1974 | Citizen: Engineers from Sumitomo, Japan, visit Fielding & Platt | People news | D7338/8/2/17 |
15/12/1974 | Times: Angus Murray, Chief Executive of RHI, says F&P made satisfactory profit and has full order book. | Company news | D7338/8/2/17 |
1975 | Number of employees stood at around 500 during this year. | People news | D7338/8/2/14 |
23/01/1975 | Citizen: announcement of redundancies due to depressed markets. | People news | D7338/8/2/14 |
00/04/1976 | Welding & Metal Fabrication: David Pollitt appointed Sales Manager for Fielding & Platt. | People news | D7338/8/2/17 |
30/06/1976 | Citizen: R Madeley, Chief Engineer resigns, receives presentation for 40 years with F & P. | People news | D7338/8/2/17 |
15/11/1976 | Citizen: former employees to be contacted by Jack Hobbs regarding (setting up) retired employees association. | People news | D7338/8/2/17 |
23/11/1976 | Citizen: Barry Evans, ex-employee, appointed Senior Sales Executive. | People news | D7338/8/2/17 |
06/01/1977 | Citizen: employee numbers corrected figure, averaged 462 during 1976. | People news | D7338/8/2/17 |
19/05/1977 | Citizen: profits leap 142 p.c. for Redman Heenan International. | Company news | D7338/8/2/17 |
20/05/1977 | Citizen: Fielding invests £320,000 in new tools. | Company news | D7338/8/2/17 |
00/12/1977 | Welding & Metal Fabrication: James Lindsay-German appointed Managing Director. | People news | D7338/8/2/17 |
01/07/1979 | M B Harrison appointed Managing Director. | People news | D7338/8/2/14 |
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