Complex sentence: The two companies eventually amalgamated in 1957 as Simons and Lobnitz in the face of declining business the Renfrew yard finally closed in 1964, after some 1300 dredgers as well as barges and tugs had been built at the site.
Split into simpler sentences: The two companies eventually amalgamated in 1957 as Simons and Lobnitz. In the face of declining business the Renfrew yard finally closed in 1964, after some 1300 dredgers as well as barges and tugs had been built at the site.