Other Businesses
Several other businesses, situated at various locations in the United Kingdom and in the United States, are consolidated under other businesses. The Clarke Chapman Group is principally a specialised producer of onshore cranes for the nuclear, military, and other sectors and offshore cranes for the oil & gas industry. Clarke Chapman operates principally from locations in Newcastle, Leeds, Wolverhampton and Bristol in the United Kingdom. Clarke Chapman was acquired by Langley from Rolls Royce PLC in 2000. Bradman Lake Group produces integrated cartoning, wrapping and end-of-line packaging systems for the food industry and
counts amongst its clients many of the world’s leading food companies. Bradman Lake operates from locations in East Anglia and Bristol in the United Kingdom and from Rock Hill, South Carolina, in the United States and became part of the group in October 2007. Other smaller business units within the Division, include: JND Technologies, a specialist in rotary thermal technologies and size reduction equipment; Protran, a builder of liquefied compressed gas road transport vehicles; PEI, a builder of pressure vessels and heat exchangers; Reader, a blender of cement grouts and grout machinery producer and; Oakdale Homes, a regional UK house builder.