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Dowty Propellers is a British engineering company based in Brockworth, Gloucestershire that specialises in the manufacture, repair and overhaul of propellers and propeller components for customers around the world.
Dowty Group was a leading British manufacturer of aircraft equipment.It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.The firm ceased operating as an individual entity following its acquisition by TI Group in 1992.
Boulton & Paul Ltd was a British general manufacturer from Norwich, England that became involved in aircraft manufacture.. Jeld Wen Inc. bought Boulton & Paul (along with another joinery company John Carr) from the Rugby Group plc in 1999 to form its British subsidiary.
In 1931 he set up his own company in Cheltenham making aircraft equipment: for this purpose he leased a factory and bought Arle Court in Cheltenham. [1] Dowty invented the first internally sprung aircraft wheel (used on the Gloster Gladiator) [1] and by the time World War II had broken out the company was known as Dowty Aviation and was making the hydraulic systems in planes in Britain, Canada ...
In 1961 the company was acquired by Dowty Group and was renamed Dowty Boulton Paul Ltd and then Dowty Aerospace. Following the acquisition of Dowty Aerospace by TI Group in 1992, and the subsequent merger of Smiths Industries and the TI group in 2000, to form Smiths Group , the Wolverhampton factory site was sold again in May 2007 to GE ...
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Safran Landing Systems, formerly Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, is the world's largest manufacturer of aircraft landing gear, and is involved in the design, development, manufacture and customer support of all types of aircraft landing gear, wheels and brakes.
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