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William Press Group
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William Press Group was a British engineering business which merged with Leonard Fairclough & Son to become a FTSE 100 company, AMEC.
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History
The company was founded by William Allpress in 1913 in London.[1]
In 1954 it started to focus on developments in cathodic protection for pipelines forming Metal and Pipeline Endurance Ltd ('MAPEL').[2]
In the 1970s it converted about 50% of the UK's houses from town gas to natural gas.[3] It also diversified into offshore oil and gas under the leadership of Tony Hawken and Ray Daniels.[4]
The name of the company changed from William Press & Son to William Press Group in 1981.[5]
It merged with Leonard Fairclough & Son in 1982 to form AMEC.[1]
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