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Jessop & Company Limited is a privately owned engineering company based at Kolkata, India.〔 It is part of the Ruia Group of companies conglomerate, which also owns prominent Rubber & Tyre companies like Dunlop India and Falcon Tyres.〔()〕 ==History== Jessop & Company Limited is India's oldest engineering company, established in 1788.〔() Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates By S. B. Bhattacherje〕 The history of Jessop & Co. Ltd goes back to year 1788 when Breen & Company was founded in Calcutta. In 1820, Henry and George, sons of William Jessop acquired Breen & Company on behalf of Butterley Company, which was established by William Jessop in Derbyshire. These two companies were merged in 1820 to be renamed as Jessop & Company.〔()〕〔 The company, during British Raj was a large engineering giant having its head office at 63, Netaji Subhas Road, Kolkata and large manufacturing facilities spread over 63 acres at Dum Dum〔()〕 The management of company was taken over by Government of India in 1958 and subsequently in 1973, the company was wholly taken over by the Government of India and Jessop became public sector undertaking. In 1986, with the formation of Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam (BBUNL), a public sector holding company under administrative control of two government ministries, Department of Heavy Industry and Ministry of Industry, Jessop became a subsidiary of the holding company.〔〔() Public enterprises survey, Volume 2 by Govt. of India, Ministry of Finance, Bureau of Public Enterprises, 01-Jan-1994〕 In 2003 Government of India, divested its stake in Jessop & Co. Ltd under privatization programme and sold its 72% stake to Ruia group owned by Pawan Kumar Ruia, who turned it into a profit making entity.〔(JESSOP: Rebuilding History ) India Today, 15 October 2009.〕〔(How Ruia turned Jessop around )〕 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「Jessop & Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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