Private company

Vickers

Logo: Vickers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

British engineering company

Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells.2 It is part of BAE Systems.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1828Founded1
  • IndustryManufacture of military fighting vehicles, building of ships and floating structures, machinery industry and plant construction, manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery, vehicle construction1
  • HeadquartersBarrow-in-Furness1

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Vickers 806 Viscount, British Airways AN1937323
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons4

Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells.2

Corporate structure

Vickers is part of a group headed by BAE Systems. 38 entities, 10 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Vickers reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • Roneo Ltd.

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded ABC Motors1

Timeline

  1. 1999Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1828Founded Founded1

Sources

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