The company was founded by William Allpress in 1913 in London.[1]
In 1954 it started to focus on developments in cathodic protection for pipelines forming Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd ('MAPEL').[2]
In the 1970s it converted about 50% of the UK's houses from town gas to natural gas.[3] It also diversified into offshore oil and gas under the leadership of Tony Hawken and Ray Daniels.[4]
The name of the company changed from William Press & Son to William Press Group in 1981.[5]
william, press, group, british, engineering, business, which, merged, with, leonard, fairclough, become, ftse, company, amec, typepublicindustryoffshore, engineeringfounded1913defunct1982fatemerger, with, leonard, fairclough, sonsuccessoramec, foster, wheelerh. William Press Group was a British engineering business which merged with Leonard Fairclough amp Son to become a FTSE 100 company AMEC William Press GroupTypePublicIndustryOffshore engineeringFounded1913Defunct1982FateMerger with Leonard Fairclough amp SonSuccessorAmec Foster WheelerHeadquartersLondon UKKey peopleTony Hawken Chairman Ray Daniels CEO History EditThe company was founded by William Allpress in 1913 in London 1 In 1954 it started to focus on developments in cathodic protection for pipelines forming Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd MAPEL 2 In the 1970s it converted about 50 of the UK s houses from town gas to natural gas 3 It also diversified into offshore oil and gas under the leadership of Tony Hawken and Ray Daniels 4 The name of the company changed from William Press amp Son to William Press Group in 1981 5 It merged with Leonard Fairclough amp Son in 1982 to form AMEC 1 References Edit a b About Us Amec Foster Wheeler Retrieved 17 November 2015 BAC Group history Jubilee Line Extension by Bob Mitchell Page 369 Obituary Ray Daniels Daily Telegraph 10 August 2003 Actuaries Indices 1981 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Press Group amp oldid 1168121227, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
