International Combustion

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International Combustion
Company type Public
Industry Engineering
Founded1898
Defunct1997
FateAcquired
Successor Clarke Chapman
Headquarters Derby, UK
ProductsNuclear engineering
Boilers
Pulverising mills

International Combustion Limited was a major engineering business based in Derby offering products for the nuclear engineering industry. International Combustion Australia Limited was a separate non-affiliated company.

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History

The Company was founded by W. R. Wood, an American, in 1898 in London as the Automatic Furnance Syndicate. [1] It changed its name to the Underfeed Stoker Company in 1902 and then to International Combustion Engineering when it moved to Derby in 1922. [1] At that time it concentrated on the production of castings from its new foundry. [1] It acquired Clayton Equipment Company in 1957. [2]

By 1959 it had expanded its activities such that it was awarded the contract to provide the boilers for Trawsfynydd nuclear power station. [3] It was acquired by Clarke Chapman in 1974 and then absorbed into Northern Engineering Industries ('NEI') in 1977; in 1989 NEI was itself acquired by Rolls-Royce plc and they decided to pass on International Combustion to ABB Group in 1997. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 International Combustion Ltd from American roots to Sinfin Lane Archived 2010-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Byegone Derbyshire, 1 February 2010
  2. ↑ "International Combustion". Grace's Guide. 5 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  3. ↑ The UK Magnox and AGR Power Station Projects [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ UK Business Park Archived 2012-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
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