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Hunting plc is a British-based supplier to the oil and gas industry. Some 27% of the business is owned by the Hunting family.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=cbcf.com )〕 It is headquartered in London and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. ==History== The business was founded in 1874 by Charles Hunting, a veterinary surgeon, as a shipping business.〔(Hunting says no to Duke Street ) Daily Telegraph, 15 September 2000〕 The business, originally known as ''Hunting & Pattison'', was managed by the founder's son, Charles Samuel Hunting, and comprised two sailing ships, the ''Genii'' and the ''Sylvia''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gibsons )〕 In the 1890s the company invested in oil tankers and became a tanker broker.〔(Hunting plc: Heritage )〕 In the 1930s and 1940s, it diversified into aircraft maintenance and manufacturing as well as air transport, establishing Hunting Aircraft in 1944 by the purchase of Percival Aircraft: this business was absorbed into the British Aircraft Corporation in 1959.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our Businesses - BAE Systems )〕 At the end of 1945, Hunting entered the airline business and established Hunting Air Travel Ltd, a business headquartered at Luton Airport. The new airline began commercial operations from Bovingdon Airport at the start of 1946. In 1951, Hunting Air Travel changed its name to Hunting Air Transport. Another change of name occurred in late-1953, when Hunting Air Transport became Hunting-Clan Air Transport. This change of name resulted from the Hunting family's decision to split the group and to transfer their airline business to a new holding company which they had set up together with the Scottish Clan Line, a rival shipping company owned by the Cayzer family.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=air transport - hunting air - aircraft services - 1954 - 0089 - Flight Archive )〕 In June 1998, Hunting Cargo Airlines was sold to a consortium consisting of CMB (Belgium) and Safair (part of the Imperial Group) and rechristened ACL (Air Contractors Limited).〔(''About us - History. ASL Aviation'' )''- official website''〕 In the 1990s, Hunting became involved in defence contracts, notably, in 1993, being a member of the winning consortium contracted to manage the Atomic Weapons Establishment, a contract that lasted until 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Relicensing the Atomic )〕 More recently, it refocused on its core oil and gas activities.〔(What is the point of innovation in pressure regulator design? ) Energy International, November 2008〕 In December 2008, it completed the disposal of Gibson Energy, its operation transporting and marketing crude oil in Canada, for a total consideration of £517m.〔(Hunting sells Gibson Energy unit for £626 million ) Forbes, 6 August 2008〕 On 16 August 2010, Hunting PLC announces the acquisition of Innova-Extel Acquisition Holdings Inc. for a cash consideration of US$125 million.〔(Hunting acquires Innova-Extel for $125m ) CEOWORLD Magazine, 16 August 2010〕 On 12 August 2011 Hunting announced the acquisition of Dearborn Precision Tubular Products for US83.5 million.〔(Hunting buys Dearborn for $85m ) Upstream, 15 August 2011〕 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「Hunting plc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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