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Williams Holdings
Williams Holdings was a major British conglomerate. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
==History==
The Company was established by Nigel Rudd and Brian McGowan in Derby in 1982 to acquire under-performing businesses.〔(Nigel Rudd, My best deal ) Management Today, 1 April 1991〕 Its first major acquisition was ''J & HB Jackson'', a Coventry-based metal business, in 1985.〔
The company went to acquire ''Crown Berger'', a paints business, in 1987, ''Pilgrim House'' in the United States (owners of Kidde) for £331m in 1988 and ''Yale & Valor'', a locks and gas fires business, in 1991.〔
It started to focus on security in the 1990s selling its paints business to Akzo Nobel in 1990.〔(Flint Group: Significant dates )〕 In 1997 it bought Chubb Security for $2.1bn.〔(Williams of Britain to buy Chubb Security ) New York Times, 15 February 1997〕
It changed its name to ''Williams plc'' in 1998 and sold the Yale Lock Company to Assa Abloy in 2000.〔(Swedish firm to buy Williams's Yale Lock Unit ) Los Angeles Times, 8 March 2000〕
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