Paxman (engines)

Ownership has changed on a number of occasions from the company's formation in 1865, and the brand is now part of MAN Energy Solutions.

The company manufactured steam engines, boilers, agricultural machinery, and mill gearing.

In 1940, Ruston & Hornsby purchased a controlling interest in the company; this co-operation led to the formation of Ruston-Paxman Group.

In 1962, Paxman acquired the engine controls division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation and merged the two businesses under the Regulateurs Europa name.

In 1988, GEC merged its Paxman, Ruston and Mirrlees Blackstone diesels businesses with the Alsthom division of Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE) to form GEC-Alsthom.

Davey Paxman & Co portable steam engine at Depot Monumentenhalle of Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
Stationary Davey-Paxman engine from the 1890s.
Detail view of same portable engine, showing Paxman builder's plate (dated 1921) on the regulator handle support above the firebox .
Northern Chief of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway built in 1925