Vickers was a British engineering conglomerate founded as the Vickers Company in 1828. Independent until 1999, the then Vickers plc was acquired by Rolls-Royce plc. Rolls-Royce sold the defence arm to Alvis plc which became Alvis Vickers. Vickers plc and its subsidiaries (i.e. those retained by Rolls-Royce) were renamed Vinters in March 2003. Rolls-Royce plc "Principal subsidiary undertakings" Retrieved 12 June, 2006
Vickers was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by the steel manufacturer Edward Vickers and his father-in-law in 1828. The company went public in 1867 as Vickers, Sons & Company. It began life making steel castings, though gradually acquired more businesses, branching out into various sectors. It bought out The Barrow Shipbuilding Company in 1897, also acquiring its subsidiary, the Maxim Nordenfelt Guns And Ammunitions Company * to become Vickers, Sons & Maxim.
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