CompAir is an engineering and manufacturing company specialising in compressed air and gas systems. It is a division of
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History
CompAir was formed when Holman merged with BroomWade to produce "an organisation with the resources to compete effectively in world markets.... the name of the group was the International Compressed Air Corporation. Four years later the name was changed to CompAir."
Timeline
*
Holman Bros Ltd formed in 1801 in
Camborne
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*BroomWade in 1898 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK
*In 1968 the two companies merged to form CompAir
*In 1985 Compair was acquired by
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Invensys
*In 2002 acquired from
Invensys by
Alchemy Partners (Guernsey) Ltd. for £1.
from
Invensys. Alchemy invested £41.4 million to fund a complete restructuring of the loss-making CompAir business, in return for a 67% shareholding.
*October 2008 Alchemy sold Compair to
Gardner Denver for a total of £200.6 million
See also
*
Camborne
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Holman Projector
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References
External links
*{{Official website, www.compair.com
Engineering companies of England
Companies based in Redditch
Ingersoll Rand