Melrose Industries plc is a British aerospace manufacturing company based in Birmingham, England. It is the parent company of GKN Aerospace. The company's shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange as a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Melrose Industries was founded in 2003 by David Roper, Christopher Miller and Simon Peckham. In terms of business practices, the company aimed to buy and turn around underperforming businesses. Melrose has acquired, and in some cases also sold numerous engineering companies, including Dynacast, McKechnie, FKI, Elster, Nortek, and GKN. Its acquisition techniques have allegedly included hostile takeover tactics; Melrose has also been publicly criticised for issuing high paying performance linked incentive schemes to its top executives. In 2023 Melrose Industries plc demerged GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy from GKN as Dowlais Group, transforming itself to a focused aerospace business.
History
In 2003, Melrose Industries was launched on London's Alternative Investment Market