Wessex Aircraft Engineering Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Bryant & May Ltd
- Pain, James, & Sons Ltd
- Pains Wessex Ltd
- Chemring Group Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Salisbury, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, South West, England
Sectors:
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Chemical production
Pyrotechnics production inc flares, fireworks, rockets, etc
Notes:
Traced origins to 1933 when established to make wind direction smoke generators. 1962 acquired by Bryant & May and in 1965 merged with another of their subsidiaries, James Pain & Sons Ltd, pyrotechnic manufacturers, to form Pains Wessex Ltd. 1986 acquired by Chemring Group Plc and continues as a manufacturer of marine distress signals
Publications:
- Salisbury Plain Pyrotechnics by Parker, Norman
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Bryant & May Ltd
- Pain, James, & Sons Ltd
- Pains Wessex Ltd
- Chemring Group Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Salisbury, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, South West, England
Sectors:
- Chemical production Pyrotechnics production inc flares, fireworks, rockets, etc
Notes:
Traced origins to 1933 when established to make wind direction smoke generators. 1962 acquired by Bryant & May and in 1965 merged with another of their subsidiaries, James Pain & Sons Ltd, pyrotechnic manufacturers, to form Pains Wessex Ltd. 1986 acquired by Chemring Group Plc and continues as a manufacturer of marine distress signalsPublications:
- Salisbury Plain Pyrotechnics by Parker, Norman