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Col. R. E. B. Crompton founded R.E.B. Crompton & Company in 1878. The company was merged with F.A. Parkinson in 1927 to form Crompton Parkinson Ltd. Greaves Cotton and Company, established by James Greaves in 1859, was appointed as their concessionaire in India. [4] The company was incorporated on 28 April 1937 as Crompton Parkinson Work ...
The company was established in 1937 as Crompton Parkinson Works Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crompton Parkinson.In 1947, it was acquired by Karam Chand Thapar. [6] [7] The company was established in 2016 as an outcome of the demerger of Crompton Greaves Limited which separated the latter's consumer goods business from the power and industrial systems segment. [8]
Lalit Mohan Thapar (27 October 1930 – 17 January 2007), often referred to by his initials LMT, headed the LM Thapar Group of companies. He was born to Karam Chand Thapar, the founder of the Thapar Group of companies that owned companies such as Crompton Greaves, BILT and JCT Mills.
Avantha Group operates in 90 countries with over 25,000 employees worldwide. Business units include: Crompton Greaves, (CG) India's largest power transmission and distribution equipment company, listed on the Indian Stock exchanges.
At the site of the former Crompton Parkinson Works (later Marconi and E2V) at Writtle Road in Chelmsford, the Crompton Building still exists, although it is now used an NHS surgery, pharmacist & residential flats. The housing development that is located on part of the former works has roads named Rookes Crescent, Evelyn Place and Crompton Street.
Gautam Thapar (born 7 December 1960) is an Indian businessman who is the chairman of Avantha Group and a member of the Thapar family. [1] Thapar was noted as an industrialist; however, in 2019, he faced allegations of financial fraud which negatively impacted his businesses and included Thapar losing control of his largest company.
Crompton Corporation (NYSE: CK, formerly Crompton and Knowles) was a chemical research, production, sales and distribution company headquartered in Middlebury, Connecticut. The company produced specialty chemicals used for polymers, fire suppressants and retardants, pool and spa water purification systems and various other applications.
Crompton House Church of England School, a secondary school in Shaw and Crompton; Crompton Parkinson, British manufacturer of electrical motors, control gear and lamp bulbs; Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals, Indian manufacturer; Crompton Greaves Power and Industrial Solutions, Indian corporation