1881~1955Business Establishment
Back in the 19th Century, Babcock was a US-based pioneer in boiler technologies. Towards the end of the century it expanded into Scotland and formed a new UK company, whose headquarters are still based in Renfrew.
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1881
US-based Babcock & Wilcox Company opened a European office in Glasgow, Scotland.
Commenced boiler making and Singer Manufacturing Company works at Clydebank, initially using components shipped from the US.
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1891
Babcock & Wilcox Company formed a British company called Babcock & Wilcox Ltd.
Board members included renowned Scottish structural engineer Sir William Arrol and Andrew Stewart, of the Lanarkshire-based steel tubemakers A & J Stewart and Menzies, subsequently Stewarts & Lloyds.
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1895
Manufacturing facility at Renfrew, Scotland was established.
The new facility was based on the existing Porterfield Foundry.
1956~1981Expansion into Nuclear Power
In the 1950s, Babcock supplied technologies to the world's first commercial nuclear power station, the beginning of our long-term involvement in nuclear power in the UK.
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1956
Babcock & Wilcox Company supplied the steam raising plant for Calder Hall UK.
Our involvement at Calder Hall was the first of many similar projects at nuclear power plants around the UK.
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1968
Welding Skills Centre established to provide in-house training and development.
Our dedication to training and developing its employees in-house continues to this day.
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1979
Babcock Power Ltd was established.
Later renamed Babcock Energy Ltd.
1982~2005Privatisation and Globalisation
After our flotation on the stock market in 1982 we joined forces with a number of companies that had complementary goals and expertise to our own.
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1982
Babcock Energy Ltd floats on the stock exchange.
We became Babcock International PLC.
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1987
Babcock International PLC enters merger with FKI Electricals PLC.
This merger formed FKI Babcock PLC.
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1989
FKI Babcock PLC demerges to form Babcock International Group PLC and FKI PLC.
The merger was short-lived.
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1995
Babcock Energy Ltd becomes Mitsui Babcock Ltd.
A 75% stake in our boiler manufacturing and energy services activities (known as Babcock Energy Ltd) was sold to Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding of Japan, to become Mitsui Babcock Energy Ltd.
We provide the steam generators for Sizewell B UK.
We were proud to be one of the main suppliers of components to Sizewell B and maintain a strong relationship with the plant to this day.
2006~PresentGlobal Expansion in the Doosan Group
In 2006 Babcock joined Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction to become a key member of the Doosan family.
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2006
Mitsui sold Babcock Energy Ltd to Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, a subsidiary company of the Doosan Group of South Korea.
The UK company was renamed Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd.
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2013
Doosan Power Systems UK Ltd was renamed Doosan Babcock Ltd.
In the same year we invested £20 million in our UK test facility and R&D activities, and expanded our presence in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
