Lister Petter - History

History

  • 1867 R A Lister company founded by Robert Ashton Lister.
  • 1893 James B Petter & Sons founded.
  • 1895 First oil engines made by Petters.
  • 1910 Petters Ltd founded.
  • 1929 First diesel engines produced by R A Lister in Dursley.
  • 1986 R A Listers and Petters Ltd merged to form Lister Petter Ltd.
  • 2004/2005 Lister Petter sees unprecedented growth and re-investment in its core products.

Lister & Petter engines were workhorses of the British Commonwealth; many of these engines are still in use today in dump trucks, generators and water pumps. They generally, but not exclusively, leave the factory in a Mid Brunswick Green colouring.

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