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Smiths Group vs Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Smiths Group is the older of the two, founded in 1851 — 20 years before Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works.

Founded
1851
1871
Status
Active
Closed 2005
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Winterthur, Switzerland
Industry
vehicle construction
vehicle construction
Employees
23,250
Not recorded
Legal form
public limited company
Not recorded
Listed on
London Stock Exchange
Not recorded
Website
smiths-group.com
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Smiths Group and Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works.