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Meggitt PLC is a British engineering business specialising in aerospace equipment. It has its headquarters at Bournemouth Airport in Dorset. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. ==History== The Company was established in the 1940s as a machine tool business based in Halifax known as ''Willson Lathes''. It went public in 1947 and in 1964 acquired an engineering business in Dorset known as ''Meggitt''. The Company subsequently changed its name from ''Willson Lathes'' to ''Meggitt Holdings''. In 1983 it was acquired by Nigel McCorkell and Ken Coates together with 3i Group in a management buy-in. In 1986 it bought Bestobell, another large engineering business.〔Bedwell, Tommy ''A Brief History Of Bestobell'', Bestobell Founders Welfare Trust (2008)〕 In 2004 it acquired the design and manufacturing division of the Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group for circa £700 million.〔(Meggitt and Carlyle carve up Dunlop Standard Aerospace ) Flight Global, 13 Jul 2004〕 In 2007 Meggitt acquired ''K&F Industries'', the parent company of the Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation, for circa £930 million.〔(Meggitt to buy K&F Industries ) Reuters, 6 March 2007〕 In 2010, Meggitt acquired Pacific Scientific Aerospace from Danaher.〔(Meggitt Agrees to Buy Danaher's Pacific Scientific Unit for $685 Million ) Bloomberg, 18 January 2011〕 Meggitt owns Securaplane, maker of the battery charger for the GS Yuasa lithium cobalt oxide (LiCo) batteries for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet grounded in January 2013. The investigation found that the Securaplane battery charger was not at fault for any defective batteries, and Meggitt was given the "all clear". In 2013, Meggit also bought the company, PiezoTech LLC. PiezoTech is a company specializing in piezo ceramics and ultrasounds. In May 2013 Stephen Young, the company's Chief Financial Officer succeeded CEO Terry Twigger, who retired that month.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meggitt CEO Terry Twigger announces retirement )〕 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「Meggitt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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