hamp industry aerospace automotive founded 1947 headquarters brierley hill uk key people norman jordan chairman kim ward ceo revenue 157.9 million 2008 operating income 22.4 million 2008 net income 5.3 million 2008 number of employees 1 830 2008 website www.hampsongroup.com hampson industries plc was a large british provider of engineering services to the aerospace and automotive industries . the company was listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse fledgling index . it is now in administration . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by thomas tommy hampson silk in 1947 in west bromwich as an electrical engineering concern . 1 it was first listed on the london stock exchange in 1966 . 1 in 1997 it acquired arabis machining group . 1 it expanded into the united states in 2004 with the acquisition of texstars inc. 2 further acquisitions in the united states followed in 2005 with coast composites inc. 3 and lamsco west inc. 4 in 2007 with composites horizon inc. 5 and in 2008 with odyssey industries inc. and global tooling systems inc. for 158m . 6 in november 2012 american industrial partners aip acquired the five u.s. operating aerospace subsidiaries of hampson industries and formed aip aerospace llc . coast composites global tooling systems odyssey industries and texstars now trade under ascent aerospace . 7 composite horizons was acquired by precision castparts pcp in july of 2015 . 8 hampson industries uk expanded into india in 2005 and set up a factory at nelamangala bangalore . this factory still exists under the name hampson industries pvt ltd and is owned by noted indian entrepreneur mr. sumanth reddy . operations edit the company is organised as follows 9 aerospace components and structures includes engine casings for the eurofighter typhoon automotive includes components for turbochargers for audi and other makes of car references edit a b c the first premises comprised a converted chapel in arthur street where a very small workforce produced emergency generating sets for the booming post world war ii reconstruction industry . later as the company prospered producing jet aircraft engine starting equipment the premises were moved to greets green west bromwich adjacent to the jensen motors plant . directors at that time included tommy s brother john company secretary and ted ken jones engineering director . tragically tommy and his wife died when their lear jet crashed in france . hampson industries history texstars inc. being bought by hampson hampson industries plc acquires coast composites inc from hammond kennedy whitney co uk group takes us composites route hampson industries plc acquires composites horizon inc. from toray industries inc. hampson buys us firms to boost its expertise in aerospace composites http www.aipaerospace.com about us http www.streetinsider.com management comments precision castparts pcp to acquire composites horizons llc % 3b seems immediate accretion 10717974.html hampson industries annual report 2008 page 2 external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hampson industries & oldid 742393100 categories companies based in the west midlands county british companies established in 1947engineering companies of the united kingdom1947 establishments in england 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 3 october 2016 at 12 32 . 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