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William Press Group

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William Press Group
Company typePublic
IndustryOffshore engineering
Founded1913
Defunct1982
FateMerger with Leonard Fairclough & Son
SuccessorAmec Foster Wheeler
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Key people
Tony Hawken (Chairman) Ray Daniels (CEO)

William Press Group was a British engineering business which merged with Leonard Fairclough & Son to become a FTSE 100 company, AMEC.

History

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The company was founded by William Allpress in 1913 in London.[1]

In 1954 it started to focus on developments in cathodic protection for pipelines forming Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd ('MAPEL').[2]

In the 1970s it converted about 50% of the UK's houses from town gas to natural gas.[3] It also diversified into offshore oil and gas under the leadership of Tony Hawken and Ray Daniels.[4]

The name of the company changed from William Press & Son to William Press Group in 1981.[5]

It merged with Leonard Fairclough & Son in 1982 to form AMEC.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Us". Amec Foster Wheeler. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. ^ BAC Group history
  3. ^ Jubilee Line Extension by Bob Mitchell, Page 369
  4. ^ Obituary: Ray Daniels Daily Telegraph, 10 August 2003
  5. ^ Actuaries Indices 1981