Plenty & Son Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Plenty Ltd
- Booker Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Newbury, West Berkshire, Berkshire, South East, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Boiler & steam generator production
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Transport equipment production
Marine engines & other marine equipment production
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Mechanical engineering
Pump & hydraulic machinery production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1779 as millwrights and agricultural engineers specialising in ploughs. Later most noted for marine engines and boilers. Incorporated 1890 as Plenty & Son Ltd. 1991 known as Plenty Ltd when owned by Booker Plc. Then made pumps, filters, mixers, etc.
Publications:
- History of Plenty by Randall, Brian
- Marine Diesels in Newbury. A short history of the Newbury Diesel Co Ltd by Humphreys, Peter J
- Wishing You a Year of Plenty and Progress, 1790-1958 by North, Leslie
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Plenty Ltd
- Booker Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Newbury, West Berkshire, Berkshire, South East, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Boiler & steam generator production
- Transport equipment production Marine engines & other marine equipment production
- Mechanical engineering Pump & hydraulic machinery production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1779 as millwrights and agricultural engineers specialising in ploughs. Later most noted for marine engines and boilers. Incorporated 1890 as Plenty & Son Ltd. 1991 known as Plenty Ltd when owned by Booker Plc. Then made pumps, filters, mixers, etc.Publications:
- History of Plenty by Randall, Brian
- Marine Diesels in Newbury. A short history of the Newbury Diesel Co Ltd by Humphreys, Peter J
- Wishing You a Year of Plenty and Progress, 1790-1958 by North, Leslie