| 1946 |
William R. Selwood founded in West End Southampton |
| 1947 |
Selwood moves to old school site at Chandler’s Ford (present HQ) |
| 1951 |
Selwood becomes a limited company |
| 1952 |
Selwood expands into plant hire and obtains Benford agency |
| 1954 |
Dinkum digger agency aquired |
| 1957 |
Greens rollers bought for hire fleet |
| 1959 |
First branch opens at Exeter. Drott skid shovels purchased |
| 1961 |
Press invited to see “Orbital Engine” |
| 1964 |
Shmiedag franchise added |
| 1965 |
3” Spate pump introduced |
| 1966 |
Bristol branch opens |
| 1967 |
Whitlock excavator sales booming |
| 1968 |
6” Spate prototype |
| 1968 |
William R. Selwood dies aged 55yrs. Peter Selwood appointed
Technical Director |
| 1970 |
Bomag franchise |
| 1971 |
Spate gets Industrial Design Award |
| 1972 |
Selwood sold to Thomas Tilling Limited |
| 1973 |
First computer installed |
| 1975 |
Peter Selwood killed in plane crash |
| 1977 |
Queens Award for industry |
| 1979 |
Seven more branches opened |
| 1981 |
Seltorque 80A introduced |
| 1982 |
Branch network increases by a third |
| 1982 |
Tilling group creates PASCON by merging Palmers, Selwood & Croker |
| 1982 |
Komatsu franchise |
| 1983 |
BTR aquire the Tilling group |
| 1994 |
Management buyout of Pascon |
| 1995 |
Pascon acquires MK pump hire |
| 1996 |
New Livery introduced - Selwood Man |
| 1997 |
Anglia Pumps and G+H McGill acquired |
| 1998 |
Selwood Storm pump gains SED award |
| 1999 |
Pascon name dropped, reverting to Selwood after 2nd management buyout |
| 2000 |
RoSPA Gold award |
| 2001 |
Selwood acquires Pyramid Plant |
| 2003 |
New pump range launched |
| 2004 |
New range of Super Silent pumps launched |
| 2005 |
Selwood accredited to 14001 and holds all three recognised quality,safety and environmental standards |
| 2006 |
Celebrates 60th anniversary and raises £60k for charity |
| 2008 |
Selwood acquires Glohire |
| 2008 |
Selwood acquires Proplant |
The William R. Selwood story began in post World War Two Britain – a country facing an incredibly vast programme of rebuilding and rehabilitation, a programme that demanded enormous resources of construction plant and equipment and which offered opportunities to far-sighted businessmen with practical experience of site machinery. 
