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TI Group plc (formerly Tube Investments) was a holding company for specialised engineering companies. It was based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It was registered as ''Tube Investments'' in 1919, combining the seamless steel tube businesses of Tubes Ltd, New Credenda Tube (later known as Creda), Simplex and Accles & Pollock.〔(Accles & Pollock: About us )〕 In 1928 Reynolds Tube joined the group. Tube Investments was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It was acquired by Smiths Group in 2000. ==History== The company was registered as ''Tube Investments'' in 1919, combining the seamless steel tube businesses of Tubes Ltd, New Credenda Tube (later known as Creda), Simplex and Accles & Pollock.〔 Reynolds Tube joined the group in 1928 . Ivan Stedeford joined the company in 1928. He became chief executive in 1935 and chairman in 1944. In 1946, the company bought Swallow Coachbuilding Co. (1935) Ltd. The British Cycle Corporation subsidiary was formed in 1946 and eventually held〔(Hercules )〕 Phillips Cycles, Hercules Cycles (no connection with the German Hercules company), Armstrong, Rudge-Whitworth, Norman Cycles and Sun Cycles. In 1954 and 1955 TI subsidiary Swallow Coachbuilding Co. constructed the Swallow Doretti sports car.〔(Swallow Doretti )〕 The ''Aluminium War'' in 1958-9 was a fierce and successful battle to acquire British Aluminium.〔(Obituary: Lord Plowden )〕 Raleigh Industries joined the group in 1960, bringing BSA Cycles and J. B. Brookes.〔(Raleigh: History )〕 In 1963 the company bought Russell Hobbs, kettle manufacturers, and Sir Ivan Stedeford retired as chairman and chief executive officer and became life president. The Group bought Alfred Herbert Ltd in 1982.〔(Paragraph 879, House of Commons Debates ) Hansard, 25 July 1983〕 Raleigh was sold in 1987 to Derby International〔(Raleigh bicycle history )〕 and Creda to GEC.〔GEC buys Creda business from TI Group, CBR On-Line〕 In 1987 Tube Investments acquired Armco Inc.'s European Tubing business – Fulton (UK) and Bundy Corporation (USA); then in 1991 it bought Huron Products Industries (USA).〔(TI Automotive: Heritage )〕 Dowty Group was bought in 1992〔(British engineering merger moves forward )〕 and in 1996 Accles & Pollock was sold to Hay Hall Group.〔 Over the next few years, the Group acquired Technoflow Tube Systems (Germany), Bundy Asia Pacific, S&H Fabricating and Engineering (USA), Kenmore Italiana (Italy), Walbro Corporation (USA), and Marwal (France).〔 On 4 December 2000 Smiths Group merged with TI Group. The merger was completed and Smiths divested TI Automotive shortly afterwards.〔(TI Group plans to sell off auto suppliers )〕 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「TI Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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