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| Vero Precision Engineering Ltd | |
|---|---|
| Foundation | 1955 |
| Location | 7 South Mill Rd, Southampton, UK |
| Industry | Precision engineering |
| Products | Machine tools |
| Key people | Geoffrey Verdon-Roe Lawrence Leech |
| Defunct | Dissolution in 1996 |
| Vero Electronics Ltd | |
|---|---|
| Foundation | 1961 |
| Location | Chandler's Ford, UK |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Products | Electronic components |
| Defunct | Liquidation in 2009 |
| Successors | Vero Technologies Ltd, Verotec Ltd |
Vero Precision Engineering Ltd (VPE) was a UK machine-tool manufacturing company which operated from premises at 7 South Mill Rd, Southampton SO15 4JW.
The 1933 O.S. Map shows this location as Crown Works occupied by an electrical engineering company which by 1934 had been replaced by Weir Precision Engineering Ltd.[1]
Weir Precision continued their engineering operations at South Mill Rd, until 1955[2] at which time they were taken over by High Precision Engineering Ltd - a company recently formed by Geoffrey Verdon-Roe and associates.[3]
The chairman of the new company was Sir Alliott Verdon-Roe (until his death in 1958) and managing director was his son Geoffrey Verdon-Roe.[4] Among the names of other directors found on the VPE Letterhead were Lawrence Leech and also son Royce Verdon-Roe.[5]
To avoid confusion with another firm the company name was changed to Vero Precision Engineering Ltd. soon after incorporation[6] - the new name following the tradition of acronyms set by Sir Alliott at A.V. Roe and Company (Avro) and Saunders-Roe Ltd (Saro).[7]
- ^ GPO Telephone Directory 1934 - Volume 2 Section 9 Page 63
- ^ GPO Telephone Directory 1955 - Volume 2B Section 14 Page 181
- ^ "Company formed".,Flight Magazine 23 Dec 1955 p948, In Brief
- ^ "Portrait GVR - 1936". National Portrait Gallery website
- ^ "VPE Letterhead 1959". 2013-12-10.,Wikimedia Commons - Tfitzp
- ^ "Vero Precision Engineering Ltd Incorporated".,Duedil.com website
- ^ "Company renamed".,Flight Magazine 6 Apr 1956 p400, In Brief