Vickers plc

Vickers plc
Industry	Defence, engineering, marine engineering
Founded	17 April 1867 as Vickers Limited; 1998 renamed Vickers Engineering; 2003 renamed Vinters Engineering;
Defunct	1999
Fate	Purchased by Rolls-Royce plc and renamed Vinters Engineering
Successor	Vinters Engineering Limited and Alvis Vickers
Headquarters	United Kingdom
Parent	Vickers-Armstrongs
Subsidiaries	Vickers Defence Systems ; Cosworth

Vickers plc was the remainder of Vickers-Armstrongs after the nationalisation of three of its four operating groups: aviation (as a 50% share since 1960 of British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) in 1977), shipbuilding (Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group in 1977) and steel. It was purchased by Rolls-Royce plc in 1999, and the Vickers company name became defunct in 2003 as Rolls renamed the company Vinters Engineering.^[1]