Amalgamated Power Engineering (APE) was a British engineering holding company, created through the 1968 merger of W.H. Allen, Sons and Co and Belliss and Morcom. It was acquired in 1981 by Northern Engineering Industries
History
The company was created in 1968 through the merger of W. H. Allen, Sons & Company Ltd. (which had absorbed William Foster & Co. in 1960) and Belliss and Morcom.[1]
In 1966, the receiver of Crossley Brothers of Manchester,[2] sold the Crossley-Premier Engines and Furnival and Co businesses to Belliss and Morcom (B&M) of Birmingham, West Midlands.[1] In 1968 B&M agreed to a merger with W.H. Allen, Sons and Co of Bedford,[3]