traded as lse ciu industry energy services founded 1893 headquarters west drayton middlesex key people timothy eggar chairman joe oatley ceo products access insulation coatings passive fire protection refractory linings environmental services oil and gas storage tanks and heat exchanger replacement and refurbishment revenue 697.1 million 2013 1 operating income 41 million 2013 1 net income 23.5 million 2013 1 number of employees 18 000 2014 2 website www.capeplc.com cape plc is a united kingdom energy services company based in west drayton middlesex . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1893 as the cape asbestos company with the objective of mining asbestos in the orange free state and importing it into european countries where it could be woven into fire resistant materials . 3 by 1913 it had four factories in the london area including a facility in barking 3 and in 1939 it opened a manufacturing facility at acre mill near hebden bridge to meet the demand for gas mask filters made from blue asbestos during the second world war . 4 in 1976 it established a scaffolding division 5 and in the late 1970s it developed asbestos free products such that by 1980 it had become the world s foremost supplier of asbestos free protection and insulation board . 6 although it had a full listing during the 1980s it was at that time 67.3 % owned by charter consolidated plc. 6 it transferred from a full listing to the alternative investment market in 2002 in a bid to cut costs 7 and it reached a settlement in 2003 to pay 7.5 million to 7 500 claimants from south africa who had been seeking compensation over many years for asbestos related health problems . 8 in 2006 it established a 40 million fund for claimants based in the uk . 9 in 2006 it bought dbi an industrial cleaning specialist based in the uk 10 and in 2007 it acquired pch a scaffolding and hoist company based in australia . 11 in june 2011 it was transferred back to a full listing from the alternative investment market and was restructured in such a way that it was ultimately jersey registered . 12 operations edit cape provides non mechanical multi disciplined integrated support services covering such disciplines as access scaffolding insulation coatings passive fire protection refractory linings environmental services oil and gas storage tanks and heat exchanger replacement and refurbishment project management and other essential services to major industrial clients in the energy sector . 13 references edit a b c preliminary results 2013 pdf . cape plc. retrieved 27 october 2014 . cape about cape a b cape asbestos company pdf . london borough of barking and dagenham . retrieved 2011 09 17 . acre mill . retrieved 2011 09 17 . some significant events in uk asbestos compensation 2004 5 pdf . retrieved 2011 09 17 . a b charter consolidated plc pdf . competition commission . retrieved 2011 09 17 . cape to move to aim . cape plc. 10 april 2002 . retrieved 2011 09 17 . case profile cape gencor lawsuits re so. africa . business and human rights resource centre . retrieved 2011 09 24 . asbestos victims groups warn cape on it s sic proposed asbestos fund . hazards magazine . 2006 . retrieved 2011 09 24 . cape acquires dbi . 8 january 2007 . retrieved 2011 09 17 . cape bids 95m for pch group after demand from shareholders . yorkshire post . 14 september 2007 . retrieved 2011 09 17 . lg advises cape plc on proposed new international holding company and move to the lse market . lg . 12 may 2011 . retrieved 2011 09 24 . annual report for the year ended 31 december 2010 pdf . cape plc. retrieved 2011 09 17 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cape plc & oldid 736242561 categories companies based in londoncompanies established in 1893asbestos 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 26 august 2016 at 04 38 . 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