Company timeline: 1990s
News about the company, people and last major order from the Glos. site.
More information will be added to this list in due course. If you have any information and/or documents that you think should be added to the tables, please leave a comment at the bottom of the page.
Click here to see a list of high-value orders taken by the company in the 1990s.
Date | Event | Significance | Source |
24/10/1990 | J N Bancroft & T J Lodge appointed Associate Directors. | People news | John B |
27/11/1991 | R B Thompson appointed Chairman of the Clayton Group of companies. | People news | D7338/1/4/2 |
24/02/1992 | F & P wins major order for 1800 tonne aluminium plate stretcher for Egypt. | Product news | D7338/10/6/9 |
29/04/1992 | Termination of US Agency agreement. | Company news | D7338/1/4/2 |
23/09/1992 | R Beard appointed Managing Director, (effective 01/11/1992). | People news | D7338/1/4/2 |
25/11/1992 | L A Spooner resigns, upon retirement (effective 30/11/1992). | People news | D7338/1/4/2 |
21/01/1993 | F & P wins major order for 16MN Aluminium Extrusion Plant for Syria. | Product news | D7338/10/6/9 |
29/03/1994 | Motherwell Bridge Group takes over the Clayton Group. | Company news | TL |
08/07/1994 | Edwards of Enfield (extrusion handling equipment) is bought by Motherwell Bridge Group. | Company news | John B |
1995 | Edwards of Enfield closes Enfield offices and transfers business to Glos. | Company news | John B |
1995 | Fielding & Platt International created by amalgamating Clayton Group companies and Edwards of Enfield. | Company news | John B |
26/10/1995 | F & P wins major order for 1800 US ton Aluminium Extrusion Press for USA. | Product news | John B |
07/12/1995 | F&P wins major order for 6MN DDI Press and handling equipment, for Lucas Industries, UK. | Product news | John B |
1996 | S Watson appointed Financial Director. | People news | John B |
07/05/1997 | F & P wins major order for 6.5 DDI Plant for South Korea. | Product news | John B |
**/03/1998 | R Scott moved to USA to manage Edwards Atlanta office, renamed Fielding & Platt International, USA. | People news | John B |
16/03/1998 | Major order received from Doncasters, Blaenavon, for 200 tonne Ring-Rolling Mill. | Product news | John B |
01/01/1999 | Reorganisation of group. Fielding & Platt name is dropped as all FPI companies are merged within a division of Motherwell Bridge. To be called MB Material Handling Systems incorporting MB Nuclear and FPI. | Company news | John B |
01/01/1999 | W Johnson appointed Managing Director of FPI within the reorganised group, operational base transferred from Glos. to Leeds. | People news | John B |
20/01/1999 | Reduction of Gloucester site commences. Only 40 employees at this time. | Company news | Citizen/PR |
30/09/1999 | R Beard resigns and leaves MBMHS. | People news | John B |
17/10/1999 | Major order received from Howell Metals, Virginia, USA; for 1450 Ton ‘Serck’ press frame and details. (last major order received from the Glos. site). | Product news | John B |
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