lrd industry electronics founded 1824 headquarters london united kingdom key people dr martin read cbe chairman david lockwood ceo revenue 630.4 million 2015 1 operating income 22.5 million 2015 1 net income 7.6 million 2015 1 website www.laird plc.com laird plc is a leading british based electronics and technology business . it is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by john laird in 1824 as birkenhead ironworks in liverpool . 2 in 1903 it merged with charles cammell & company limited and as cammell laird went on to build numerous ships for the royal navy . 2 in 1976 its transport division which traded as metro cammell secured a major order to build mass transit railway carriages for the hong kong mass transit system . 3 in 1977 its shipbuilding business was nationalised and in 1989 it disposed of its mass transit railway activities . 4 in the 1980s it moved into security products and in the 1990s into electronics . in 2000 it disposed of its automotive industry activities 5 and more recently in 2007 it disposed of its security business . 6 in 2008 it changed its name from laird group plc to laird plc. 7 more recently the company has expanded in electronics with acquisitions such as wisconsin based ls research in november 2015 8 and german based novero in december 2015 . 9 operations edit the company s has operations organised as follows performance materials wireless systems references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . laird plc. retrieved 9 april 2016 . a b cammell laird day two the fall and rise of a maritime giant . liverpool echo . 30 april 2013 . retrieved 20 january 2015 . metro s well tried technology . new scientist . 8 december 1977 . retrieved 20 january 2015 . a brief history of the metropolitan railway carriage and wagon company ltd 1845 1945 . retrieved 20 january 2015 . trelleborg to buy laird s components . the engineer . 15 november 2000 . retrieved 20 january 2015 . laird group waits for shareholder approval . diy week . 5 april 2007 . retrieved 20 january 2015 . the laird group plc annual general meeting . 9 may 2008 . retrieved 20 january 2015 . laird acquires ls research . interactive investor . 24 november 2015 . retrieved 10 february 2015 . laird plc acquisition of novero for 65 million . directors talk interviews . 18 december 2015 . retrieved 10 february 2015 . external links edit official site v t e ftse 100 ftse 250 companies of the united kingdom 3i infrastructure aa aberdeen asset management aberforth smaller companies trust acacia mining aggreko aldermore group alliance trust allied minds amec foster wheeler ao world ascential ashmore group assura atkins auto trader group aveva balfour beatty bankers investment trust barr a.g. bba aviation beazley group bellway berendsen berkeley group holdings bank of georgia bh macro big yellow group b & m european retail value bodycote booker group bovis homes group 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