1920 headquarters loughborough uk owner melrose website www.fki.co.uk fki is a british engineering and manufacturing company headquartered in loughborough leicestershire . for many years listed on the london stock exchange and a constituent of the ftse 250 index it was taken private by buyout firm melrose in july 2008 . contents 1 history 2 organisation and subsidiaries 2.1 energy technology 2.2 lifting products and services 2.3 hardware 3 former businesses 3.1 fki logistex 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in 1920 as a manufacturer of parking meters trading as fisher limited . the name was subsequently changed to fisher karpark industries fki . in 1987 it merged with babcock international to form fki babcock 1 but then demerged the heavy engineering parts of babcock again in 1989 . 2 the company was taken private by buyout firm melrose in july 2008 3 in a deal worth over 500 million . 4 organisation and subsidiaries edit fki plc has a large number of subsidiaries which it divides into four groups energy technology electrical generation apparatus lifting products and services lifting apparatus wire ropes hooks etc. . the waste recycling business operated by fki recycling machinerery are also incorporated in to this section . hardware domestic fittings door handles hinges etc. as well as office fittings . fki logistex product handling automation conveyor belts rfid implementation baggage handling automation etc. energy technology edit main articles brush turbogenerators brush traction brush transformers and hawker siddeley switchgear the brush group of companies are incorporated into this section including brush turbogenerators manufacturers of mechanical to electrical generation systems 5 brush barclay and brush traction both involved in rail locomotive manufacture and repair 6 on 28 february 2011 wabtec announced that it had acquired brush traction for us 31 million 7 and brush transformers which manufactures electrical transformers and switchgear . 8 other companies in this group are fki switchgear now renamed hawker siddeley switchgear ltd. which incorporates brush switchgear whipp & bourne and others . 9 harrington generators international hgi manufacture generator sets for rail road and light commercial and agricultural use as well as supplying the british army mod with generators . 10 marellimotori also produces electrical generators as well as induction motors . 11 lifting products and services edit acco material handling manufactures cranes hoists and other crane components as well as hand trucks . 12 harris waste management group inc manufactures balers and shredders for the waste recycling sector . 13 welland forge produces impression die forgings for the automotive construction agricultural and recreational markets . 14 hardware edit truth hardware corporation manufactures commercial window and doors and fittings . 15 weber knapp produces office fittings including counterbalance devices . 16 former businesses edit fki logistex edit logistex produces a full range of item handling automation systems including baggage handling storage and retrieval systems conveyors library systems including rfid solutions warehousing automation and sorting systems . 17 the company s north american operations were acquired by intelligrated in june 2009 . 18 the european logistex operations known as crisplant a s who specialized in airport systems tilt tray and crossbelt sorters were acquired by beumer gmbh in july 2009 . references edit national archives records of babcock industrial & electrical products ltd glasgow university archive services bland ben 2 july 2008 . ebbing confidence and bank rumours push down ftse 100 . the daily telegraph . retrieved 2008 07 04 . kavanagh michael 28 june 2008 . small cap company meets big ambitions . financial times . retrieved 2008 07 04 . brush turbogenerators brush traction brush barclay and brush traction wabtec buys brush traction . railway gazette international . 28 february 2011 . archived from the original on 28 february 2011 . retrieved 28 february 2011 . brush transformers ltd switchgear whipp & bourne and hawker siddeley switchgear limited harrington generators international marellimotori accomhs.com acco material handling solutions harriswaste.com harris waste management group inc wellandforge.com welland forge truth hardware corporation weber knapp company fki logistex intelligrated completes acquisition of fki logistex 23 6 2009 www.intelligrated.com external links edit fki.co.uk fki plc official site melroseplc.net melrose plc official site yahoo profile v t e melrose industries current brush electrical machines brush transformers brush turbogenerators fki hawker siddeley switchgear former brush barclay brush traction retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fki company & oldid 733915981 categories engineering companies of the united kingdomelectrical engineering companies of the united kingdomcompanies 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