Category:Vickers

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English: Vickers was a major British engineering and armaments company. First known from 1828 as Naylor, Vickers and Company; as Vickers, Sons and Company from 1867; Vickers, Sons and Maxim (VSM) from 1897 when it took over Maxim-Nordenfelt; Vickers-Armstrongs from 1927 when it took over Armstrong-Whitworth. It was broken up in the 1960s and 1970s and the name survives today in Vickers Defence Systems Ltd.
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famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies
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Industry
  • arms industry
  • Manufacture of military fighting vehicles (derived from NACE classification in 20th Century Press Archives)
  • building of ships and floating structures (derived from NACE classification in 20th Century Press Archives)
  • manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery (derived from NACE classification in 20th Century Press Archives)
  • machinery industry and plant construction
  • vehicle construction
Named after
  • Edward Vickers
Location
  • United Kingdom
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Inception
  • 1828
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
  • 1999
Followed by
  • Vickers-Armstrongs
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