Vickers

Summary

Vickers is an aerospace manufacturer^[1]. Vickers draws 389 Wikipedia views per month (aerospace_manufacturer category, ranking #43 of 283).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vickers is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Vickers's image is recorded as Vickers 806 Viscount, British Airways AN1937323.jpg^[4].
• Vickers's instance of is recorded as aerospace manufacturer^[5].
• Vickers's owned by is recorded as BAE Systems^[6].
• Edward Vickers is named after Vickers^[7].
• Vickers's logo image is recorded as Vickers limited logo.png^[8].
• Vickers's logo image is recorded as Vickers plc logo.svg^[9].
• Vickers's followed by is recorded as Vickers-Armstrongs^[10].
• Vickers's headquarters location is recorded as Barrow-in-Furness^[11].
• Vickers's child organization or unit is recorded as Roneo Ltd.^[12].
• Vickers's Commons category is recorded as Vickers^[13].
• Vickers's industry is recorded as weapons industry^[14].
• Vickers's industry is recorded as Manufacture of military fighting vehicles^[15].
• Vickers's industry is recorded as building of ships and floating structures^[16].
• Vickers's industry is recorded as manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery^[17].
• Vickers's industry is recorded as machinery industry and plant construction^[18].
• Vickers's industry is recorded as vehicle construction^[19].
• +1828-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Vickers^[20].
• Vickers was dissolved in +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Vickers's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08041^[22].
• Vickers's parent organization or unit is recorded as BAE Systems^[23].
• Vickers's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vickers^[24].
• Vickers's described at URL is recorded as http://www.vickersmg.org.uk/^[25].
• Vickers's replaces is recorded as ABC Motors^[26].
• Vickers's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Vickers-Ltd^[27].

Body

Founding

+1828-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Vickers^[20].

Identity

Vickers's followed by is recorded as Vickers-Armstrongs^[10].

Operations

Vickers's headquarters location is recorded as Barrow-in-Furness^[11]. Vickers's parent organization or unit is recorded as BAE Systems^[23]. Vickers's child organization or unit is recorded as Roneo Ltd.^[12].

Industry

Industries include weapons industry^[14], Manufacture of military fighting vehicles^[15], building of ships and floating structures^[16], manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery^[17], machinery industry and plant construction^[18], and vehicle construction^[19].

Ownership

Vickers's owned by is recorded as BAE Systems^[6].

Dissolution

Vickers was dissolved in +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z^[21].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Vickers include Vickers hardness^[28], a method^[29].

Why It Matters

Vickers draws 389 Wikipedia views per month (aerospace_manufacturer category, ranking #43 of 283).^[2] Vickers has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Vickers is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for Vickers include Vickers hardness^[28], a method^[29].