engineering group industry electrical power products manufacturing genre sub brand of group of companies owner melrose plc parent fki subsidiaries hawker siddeley switchgear pty ltd brisbane australia website http www.hss ltd.com hawker siddeley switchgear is a british manufacturer of electrical switchgear and overhead line equipment the company operates a wholly owned subsidiary in australia . based in the united kingdom and are owned by melrose plc. contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit in 1973 hawker siddeley group acquired the industrial electrical engineering firm south wales switchgear in 1991 south wales switchgear merged with brush switchgear to form hawker siddeley switchgear ltd. . 1 the company was bought by fki in 1996 becoming part of fki switchgear ; a division also including the company whipp & bourne since 1987 . 1 in 2008 melrose plc acquired fki along with its switchgear group at this time fki switchgear was renamed hawker siddeley switchgear . 1 as of 2009 the company incorporates four brands of electrical switchgear manufacturers 1 hawker siddeley switchgear ltd formed in 1991 from south wales switchgear and brush switchgear south wales switchgear founded 1941 instrumental in developing sf6 gas insulated switchgear . brush switchgear brush electrical engineering company founded 1888 pioneers of vacuum switchgear . hawker siddeley switchgear pty ltd in australia hssa in operation since 1964 subsidiary of hawker siddeley switchgear . whipp & bourne established in 1903 by samuel whipp and charles bourne products edit the company s products include overhead electrical line and other outdoor switchgear for voltages up to 38kv indoor switchgear for voltages to 15kv containerised electrical substations hv dc switchgear for currents up to 12ka with voltages up to 1.8 kv and protection relays as well as servicing maintenance and repair services . 2 the company has supplied equipment for the channel tunnel rail link 3 the metro north railroad 4 and the dubai metro program 5 amongst others . references edit a b c d hawker siddeley switchgear brands hss ltd.com hawker siddeley switchgear products hss ltd.com hawker siddeley switchgear ltd celebrates channel tunnel link completion hss ltd.com hawker siddeley switchgear ltd on track to replace railroad circuit breakers hss ltd.com hawker siddeley switchgear ltd on track with second phase of prestigious rail project hss ltd.com external links edit official website australian subsidiary melrose plc website v t e melrose industries current brush electrical machines brush transformers brush turbogenerators fki hawker siddeley switchgear former brush barclay brush traction this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a company of the uk is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hawker siddeley switchgear & oldid 733916089 categories companies based in loughboroughelectrical engineering companies of the united kingdommanufacturing companies of australiamanufacturing companies of the united kingdomaustralian company stubsunited kingdom company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 august 2016 at 22 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view