Laird plc was a leading British-based electronics and technology business.

It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Advent International in July 2018.

[2] In 1976 its transport division, which traded as Metro-Cammell, secured a major order to build mass transit railway carriages for the Hong Kong Mass Transit System.

[3] In 1977 its shipbuilding business was nationalised and in 1989 it disposed of its mass transit railway activities.

[9] In March 2018 Advent International made an offer for the company valuing at £1 billion.