Brown, John, & Co Ltd, engineering

Sectors:

  • Transport equipment production Marine engines & other marine equipment production
  • Mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering, general

Notes:

Traced origins to the iron and steel and shipbuilding business of John Brown & Co Ltd. A central component of this by c1900 was marine engines. 1966 engineering interests of John Brown & Co (Clydebank) Ltd were placed in John Brown Engineering (Clydebank) Ltd. Especially noted for gas turbines.These and other widely diversified engineering interests of John Brown were acquired by Trafalgar House Plc and later by Aker Kvaerner

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