After 56 years in the business, Graham Thomas retired, and Palatine was bought by the Scanwel group. It is now run by Guy Thomas, Kevin Woolcomb and Gary Williams, who…

The company built new premises on the Airport Industrial Estate on Laker Road. Maurice Clare retired on his 65th birthday after 15 years in the business.

Acquiring the business from the Elwells, Graham Thomas and Maurice Clare became business partners. Palatine Precision became a limited company.

With the business flourishing, the company moved to Rochester.

Palatine Precision established itself in the Medway towns in Strood, Kent. Specialising in the manufacture of metal edge welded bellows components.

Graham Thomas joined the company as a mechanical engineer. John Elwell purchased the welded bellows side of the business, and Graham Thomas and Maurice Clare headed up this new opportunity,…

Elliot Automation, a major player in the defence market (that later became BAE Systems), bought the company and moved the premises to Greenwich, Blackwall Lane. The company was split into…

Frank Broughton, an engineer, started a company to build bellows sealed valves and fabrications for Calder Hall. The 'Palatine Tool and Engineering Company' was located on Brighton Road, Surbiton, Surrey…