Petters Limited

Petters Limited
FormerlyJB Petter & Sons of Yeovil
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1896
FounderJames Bazeley Petter
HeadquartersYeovil, Somerset
Key people
B.J. Baker
Productsstationary petrol and diesel engines

Petters Limited (known as JB Petter & Sons of Yeovil until 1910), were a maker of stationary petrol and diesel engines from 1896 onwards.[1] In 1915 Petter founded Westland Aircraft Works (renamed "Westland Aircraft" in 1935). In 1986 Petters Limited merged with one-time rival R A Lister and Company to form Lister Petter.

  1. ^ Petter, Percival. The Story of Petters Limited (Westbury: David Edgington, 1989)