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Dowty Group was a leading British manufacturer of aircraft equipment. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, but was acquired by TI Group in 1992. ==History== The company was founded by George Dowty in 1935, making aircraft equipment in Cheltenham under the name ''Dowty Aviation''.〔(Gloucester Transport History )〕 In its early years the company invented the first internally sprung aircraft wheel and went on to make landing gear for Frank Whittle's jet-propelled Gloster aeroplane.〔 In 1960 the company acquired Rotol Airscrews, giving it a propeller manufacturing capability (Dowty Rotol).〔 In 1961 it acquired Boulton Paul Aircraft, no longer a large scale manufacturer of aircraft, producing research aircraft, but producing powered control units for aircraft, as well as other activities.〔(University of Wolverhampton: Local history )〕 This was named Dowty Boulton Paul Ltd. In the 1960s the company went on to develop fuel control systems for the Harrier jump jet and power controls for the Concorde supersonic airliner.〔 Dowty Group collaborated with the French Group Messier on aircraft landing gear and hydraulics over a long period of time. In the late 1980s the company diversified into telecommunications and computer equipment, acquiring Datatel, a software business, in 1987,〔(Dowty Group acquires Datatel Inc )〕 Case Group plc, a telecommunications business, in 1988〔(Dowty Group launches tender offer for Case Group )〕 and Dataco, a provider of network services, in 1990.〔(Dowty Group launches a tender offer for Dataco )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dowty Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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