Hampson Industries plc was a large

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provider of engineering services to the

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and automotive industries. The company was listed on the

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and is a constituent of the

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. It is now in administration.

History

The company was founded by Thomas "Tommy" Hampson Silk in 1947 in

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as an electrical engineering concern.The first premises comprised a converted chapel in Arthur Street, where a very small workforce produced emergency generating sets for the booming post World War II reconstruction industry. Later, as the company prospered, producing jet aircraft engine starting equipment, the premises were moved to Greets Green, West Bromwich, adjacent to the Jensen Motors plant. Directors at that time included Tommy's brother John (Company Secretary) and Ted "Ken" Jones (Engineering Director). Tragically, Tommy and his wife died when their Lear jet crashed in France
Hampson Industries: History
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in 1966. In 1997 it acquired Arabis Machining Group. It expanded into the

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in 2004 with the acquisition of Texstars Inc. Further acquisitions in the

followed in 2005 with Coast Composites Inc. and Lamsco West Inc., in 2007 with Composites Horizon Inc. and in 2008 with Odyssey Industries Inc. and Global Tooling Systems Inc. for £158m. In November, 2012, American Industrial Partners (AIP) acquired the five U.S. operating aerospace subsidiaries of Hampson Industries and formed AIP Aerospace, LLC. Coast Composites, Global Tooling Systems, Odyssey Industries, and Texstars now trade under Ascent Aerospace. Composite Horizons was acquired by Precision Castparts (PCP) in July 2015. Hampson Industries UK expanded into India in 2005 and set up a factory at Nelamangala, Bangalore. This factory still exists under the name Hampson Industries Pvt Ltd and is owned by noted Indian entrepreneur Mr. Sumanth Reddy.

Operations

The company is organised as follows:Hampson Industries Annual Report 2008, page 2
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*Automotive - includes components for

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s for

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and other makes of car

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External links

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Companies based in the West Midlands (county) British companies established in 1947 Engineering companies of the United Kingdom 1947 establishments in England