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Vickers is a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies starting in 1826.
Vickers may also refer to:
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Companies
- Vickers Aircraft Company, a New Zealand aircraft manufacturer unrelated to the British conglomerate
- Vickers Limited (1828–1927), a British engineering conglomerate
- Canadian Vickers (1911–1944), a Canadian subsidiary of Vickers Limited
- Vickers-Armstrongs (1927–1977), engineering conglomerate arising from the merger of Vickers Limited with Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company
- Vickers plc (1977–1999), including Vickers Defence Systems, the defence arm of Vickers plc, sold by Rolls-Royce plc to Alvis plc in 2002
- Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering (1871-2007), the former shipbuilding and armaments division of Vickers Armstrongs
- Vickers Petroleum (1918–1980), an American petroleum company unrelated to the British conglomerate
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