Catalogue description Ministry of Technology and Department of Trade and Industry: Vehicles and Mechanical Engineering Products Division: Registered Files (EP Series)

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Title: Ministry of Technology and Department of Trade and Industry: Vehicles and Mechanical Engineering Products Division: Registered Files (EP Series)
Description:

The files in this series were produced by the Vehicles and Mechanical Engineering Products Division of the Ministry of Technology and, later, the Department of Trade and Industry. They relate to research and development within the vehicles and mechanical engineering products sphere.

Some files have been re-registered from the AH Series (HF 8).
Date: 1966-1971
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: EP file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Trade and Industry, Vehicles and Mechanical Engineering Products Division, 1970-1972

Ministry of Technology, Vehicles and Mechanical Engineering Products Division, 1967-1970
Physical description: 5 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1996 Department of Trade and Industry
Accumulation dates: 1968-1972
Administrative / biographical background:

The Vehicles and Mechanical Engineering Products Division (EP) was established in the Ministry of Technology (Mintech) in 1967, replacing the Mechanical Engineering Products Division. The Division continued in the first Department of Trade and Industry, using the same name but was then referred to as the VME Division rather than EP. In 1972 VME Division was merged with the Machine Tools and Manufacturing Machinery Division, forming a new Mechanical Engineering Division (M). The Division was concerned with the sponsorship of the motor industry and mechanical engineering products.

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