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Strachan & Henshaw was a major defence and nuclear engineering company based in Ashton Gate in Bristol. ==History== The Company was founded by Robert Price Strachan & George Henshaw in 1879 as a partnership specialising in the manufacture of paper-bag making machinery operating from Lewin's Mead in Bristol. In 1920 the business was bought by E. S. & A. Robinson.〔(''Bristol & Co.'' by Helen Reid, Redcliffe Press, 1987, ISBN 0-948265-61-2 )〕 In the 1950s, as part of a consortium involving Clarke Chapman, Head Wrightson, C. A. Parsons & Co., A. Reyrolle & Co. and Whessoe and known as the Nuclear Power Plant Company ('NPPC'), it was awarded a contract for reactor mechanical plant at Oldbury nuclear power station.〔(The UK Magnox and AGR Power Station Projects )〕 It was subsequently awarded similar contracts at Heysham 2, Hinkley Point B, Hunterston B and Torness nuclear power stations.〔 In 1966 the Company's owners, E.S. & A. Robinson Ltd, merged with John Dickinson Ltd to form Dickinson Robinson Group.〔(Heritage: John Dickinson )〕 In 1972 the Company became the prime contractor for launch systems for the Trafalgar class submarine fleet.〔(Completed acquisition by Babcock International Group of the Strachan & Henshaw division of Weir Group plc ) Office of Fair Trading, 3 September 2008〕 Then in 1989 Roland Franklin of Pembridge Associates acquired Dickinson Robinson Group〔 and went on to sell Strachan & Henshaw to Weir Group in July 1990.〔(Weir Group sells Strachan & Henshaw for £65m ) Herald Scotland, 22 April 2008〕 In April 1998 it bought acquired ''Bridgetest Holdings Ltd'', a Manchester based engineering company whose subsidiaries included Cunnington & Cooper Ltd, Nuclear and General Engineering Ltd and Wingrove & Rogers, all well-established businesses in the UK nuclear industry.〔(FELI by the wayside? ) World Cargo News, July 1999〕 Then in May 2000 the Company sold its materials handling equipment division to Sweden's Svedala.〔(Svedala buys S&H Handling ) Coaltrans, May 2000〕 The business was acquired Babcock International Group for £65m in April 2008; it was subsequently fully integrated into Babcock and the Strachan & Henshaw name is no longer used.〔 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「Strachan & Henshaw」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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