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Hunting plc
Hunting plc is a British-based supplier to the oil and gas industry. Some 27% of the business is owned by the Hunting family. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The company was founded in 1874 by Charles Hunting, a veterinary surgeon, as a shipping business. The business, originally known as Hunting & Pattison, was managed by the founder's son, Charles Samuel Hunting, and comprised two sailing ships, the Genii and the Sylvia.
In the 1890s the Hunting and Pattison partnership was dissolved, and a new partnership called Hunting & Son was formed in 1992. The company invested in oil tankers and became a tanker broker.
The company became a limited company, Hunting & Son Ltd, in 1926, with Percy and Lindsay Hunting as Governing Directors. In 1936 it diversified into aircraft maintenance and manufacturing as well as air transport, establishing Hunting Aircraft in 1944 by the purchase of Percival Aircraft: this business was absorbed into the British Aircraft Corporation in 1960.
The company started it move into the oil industry in 1938 with the founding of the Sylva Oil Company and the Brazos Young Corporation, in a long-running partnership with the McAlester Fuel Company.
Percy Huntings became interested in aerial photography and surveying, with the group acquiring Aerofilms and Aircraft Operating Company. These companies were later rebranded as Hunting Aerosurveys.
At the end of 1945, Hunting entered the airline business and established Hunting Air Travel Ltd, a business headquartered at Luton Airport. The new airline began commercial operations from Bovingdon Airport at the start of 1946. In 1951, Hunting Air Travel changed its name to Hunting Air Transport. Another change of name occurred in late 1953, when Hunting Air Transport became Hunting-Clan Air Transport. This change of name resulted from the Hunting family's decision to split the group and to transfer their airline business to a new holding company which they had set up together with the Scottish Clan Line, a rival shipping company owned by the Cayzer family.
1957 saw the Weapons Research Division becoming a separate company, Hunting Engineering Ltd, a major UK defence contractor. In 1960 the acquisition of Halmatic a fibreglass company and the beginning of a boat hulls manufacturing business. A parent company, Hunting Light Industries, was formed in 1960, for the engineering aspects of the business.
Hunting plc
Hunting plc is a British-based supplier to the oil and gas industry. Some 27% of the business is owned by the Hunting family. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The company was founded in 1874 by Charles Hunting, a veterinary surgeon, as a shipping business. The business, originally known as Hunting & Pattison, was managed by the founder's son, Charles Samuel Hunting, and comprised two sailing ships, the Genii and the Sylvia.
In the 1890s the Hunting and Pattison partnership was dissolved, and a new partnership called Hunting & Son was formed in 1992. The company invested in oil tankers and became a tanker broker.
The company became a limited company, Hunting & Son Ltd, in 1926, with Percy and Lindsay Hunting as Governing Directors. In 1936 it diversified into aircraft maintenance and manufacturing as well as air transport, establishing Hunting Aircraft in 1944 by the purchase of Percival Aircraft: this business was absorbed into the British Aircraft Corporation in 1960.
The company started it move into the oil industry in 1938 with the founding of the Sylva Oil Company and the Brazos Young Corporation, in a long-running partnership with the McAlester Fuel Company.
Percy Huntings became interested in aerial photography and surveying, with the group acquiring Aerofilms and Aircraft Operating Company. These companies were later rebranded as Hunting Aerosurveys.
At the end of 1945, Hunting entered the airline business and established Hunting Air Travel Ltd, a business headquartered at Luton Airport. The new airline began commercial operations from Bovingdon Airport at the start of 1946. In 1951, Hunting Air Travel changed its name to Hunting Air Transport. Another change of name occurred in late 1953, when Hunting Air Transport became Hunting-Clan Air Transport. This change of name resulted from the Hunting family's decision to split the group and to transfer their airline business to a new holding company which they had set up together with the Scottish Clan Line, a rival shipping company owned by the Cayzer family.
1957 saw the Weapons Research Division becoming a separate company, Hunting Engineering Ltd, a major UK defence contractor. In 1960 the acquisition of Halmatic a fibreglass company and the beginning of a boat hulls manufacturing business. A parent company, Hunting Light Industries, was formed in 1960, for the engineering aspects of the business.