Publications
From Little Acorns: A History of the APV Company Limited [Crawley], by G. A. Dummett, published 1 November 1981 (247 pp., Ebury Press, ISBN-10: 009146370X & ISBN-13: 9780091463700) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11922] & West Sussex Libraries
Abstracr:It was founded in 1910 as the Aluminium Plant & Vessel Company Limited, fabricating equipment for breweries and vegetable oil in Wandsworth. In the 1950s it moved to Crawley and expanded considerably, under the name A.P.V. Co. Ltd. Continuing expansion led to a works of 1600 employees under the name APV International, supplying equipment services to the dairy, food and chemical industries by 1984.