lse mggt industry aerospace defence founded 1947 ; 69 years ago 1947 headquarters bournemouth airport dorset united kingdom key people sir nigel rudd chairman stephen young chief executive revenue 1 647.2 million 2015 1 operating income 236.6 million 2015 1 net income 182.1 million 2015 1 website www.meggitt.com meggitt plc is a british engineering business specialising in aerospace equipment . it has its headquarters at bournemouth airport in dorset . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was established in the 1940s as a machine tool business based in halifax known as willson lathes . it went public in 1947 and in 1964 acquired an engineering business in dorset known as meggitt . the company subsequently changed its name from willson lathes to meggitt holdings . in 1983 it was acquired by nigel mccorkell and ken coates together with 3i group in a management buy in . in 1986 it bought bestobell another large engineering business . 2 in 2004 it acquired the design and manufacturing division of the dunlop standard aerospace group for circa 700 million . 3 in 2007 meggitt acquired k & f industries the parent company of the aircraft braking systems corporation for circa 930 million . 4 in 2010 meggitt acquired pacific scientific aerospace from danaher . 5 meggitt owns securaplane maker of the battery charger for the gs yuasa lithium cobalt oxide lico batteries for the boeing 787 dreamliner fleet grounded in january 2013 . the investigation found that the securaplane battery charger was not at fault for any defective batteries and meggitt was given the all clear . 6 7 in 2013 meggit also bought the company piezotech llc . piezotech is a company specializing in piezo ceramics and ultrasounds . 8 in may 2013 stephen young the company s chief financial officer succeeded ceo terry twigger who retired that month . 9 in 2015 it carried out an acquisition of the composites division of edac worth roughly 228.3 million . 10 operations edit the group is organised as follows 11 aerospace equipment aircraft braking systems polymers & composites loughborough actually shepshed oregon and rockmart fluid controls airdynamics dunlop equipment fuelling products serck aviation whittaker controls heatric precision micro thermal systems engineered fabrics corporation keith products stewart warner south wind safety systems meggitt xiamen sensors & controls defence systems training systems inc defence systems training systems canada defence systems inc sensing systems endevco ferroperm piezoceramics piezotech llc insensor meggitt xiamen sensors & controls avionics piher sensorex vibro meter ch de uk us and france wilcoxon research oeco see also edit meggitt facility at ashby road in loughborough meggitt btt 3 banshee aerospace industry in the united kingdom references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . meggitt . retrieved 10 april 2016 . bedwell tommy a brief history of bestobell bestobell founders welfare trust 2008 meggitt and carlyle carve up dunlop standard aerospace flight global 13 jul 2004 meggitt to buy k & f industries reuters 6 march 2007 meggitt agrees to buy danaher s pacific scientific unit for 685 million bloomberg 18 january 2011 brewin bob january 22 2013 . a 2006 battery fire destroyed boeing 787 supplier s facility . nextgov . retrieved january 23 2013 . meggitt says dreamliner battery charger given all clear after tests . the telegraph . 5 march 2013 . retrieved 13 march 2014 . meggitt buys piezotech for 41.2 million . reuters . 28 august 2013 . retrieved 20 march 2015 . meggitt ceo terry twigger announces retirement . retrieved 13 march 2014 . farrell stephen . meggitt completes 340m acquisition insider media ltd. 22 december 2015 . accessed 4 january 2016 . meggitt operating companies external links edit external video fly through animation of pacific scientific furnace haer august 14 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