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Henry Shapland had been apprenticed to a cabinet maker in Barnstaple, before travelling to America in 1851 and learning about a wave moulding machine. Back in England he was joined by Henry Petter. By 1888 the Raleigh Cabinet Works were employing hundreds of workers from Raleigh and the surrounding areas when on 5 March 1888 a fire destroyed ...
The Beck Group was founded in 1912 by Henry C. Beck [4] in Houston, Texas as a general contractor [2] as Central Contracting Company. In 1934, it moved its headquarters to Dallas, [1] a requirement for building the city's Cotton Exchange Building. [2] In 1946, Henry C. Beck, then the sole proprietor, changed the name to the Henry C. Beck Company.
Petters Limited (known as JB Petter & Sons of Yeovil until 1910), were a maker of stationary petrol and diesel engines from 1896 onwards. [1] In 1915 Petter founded Westland Aircraft Works (renamed "Westland Aircraft" in 1935). In 1986 Petters Limited merged with one-time rival R A Lister and Company to form Lister Petter.
With the arrival of a new partner, Robert Turner, in 1878, it became Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company. Galpin was the astute business manager. [4] Petter retired in 1883 and the company then became Cassell and Company, Ltd. "The company expanded well until 1888, when Petter died, Galpin retired from managing directorship, and Turner became ...
Edward 'Teddy' Petter was the eldest of the three sons and one daughter of Sir Ernest Petter (co-founder of Westland Aircraft Works) and his wife, Angela Emma. [a] Because his father spent much time in London, Teddy's early childhood was spent mostly with his mother, from whom he inherited a strong religious conviction and firm ethical ...
Henry Peter is the author or co-author of more than a hundred publications in his various fields of expertise, including part of the Swiss reference legal commentary Commentaire romand, along with The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy and The International Handbook of Social Enterprise Law, as well as five successive books dedicated to the decisions made regarding the America's Cup.
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The company was created to supply food and other products to grocery stores in the area. In 1953, the company moved to its present location in Sulphur Springs, Texas . By 1991, the company had grown substantially and was even listed on Forbes list of top 500 private companies.