Wessex Aircraft Engineering Co Ltd

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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

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