Perry 2007

The company became part of the newly formed Triton Group with equity backing from SCF Partners based in Houston, Texas.

Technip acquires CSO, and PSSL became a Technip Group company.

On 30 May 2000, Coflexip Stena Offshore Group (CSO) welcomed SEL to Group’s robotic division and the company was renamed Perry Slingsby Systems Ltd. (PSSL).

In 1997 the manufacturing companies owned by ML Holdings were acquired by Cobham pie, Slingsby Engineering becoming an independent company reporting to Flight Refueling Limited.

Slingsby Aviation is sold to ML Holdings, who in turn bought the original company, now known as Slingsby Engineering Ltd (SEL)

Vickers devotes itself entirely to shipbuilding and Slingsby is sold to British Underwater Engineering (BUE). The aviation division of Slingsby is sold to a management consortium to become Slingsby Aviation Ltd.

Slingsby develops its first fiberglass submarine with a capacity for 2 people. A total of 4 submersibles were built, the last having a 5-person capacity. These submersibles were used primarily in the North Sea on oil and gas operations and were, incidentally, built under license from Perry. The last submersible was built in 1979 was […]

A fire destroys the factory, and the consortium was forced to sell Slingsby to Vickers Shipbuilding

Fred retires due to ill health and the business is sold to a consortium of four Yorkshire businessmen who developed a metal glider.

Frederick switches exclusively to glider manufacturing under the name “Slingsby Sailplanes, Scarborough”, working from disused Scarborough Corporation tramsheds.