Grace's Guide To British Industrial History
Registered UK Charity (No. 1154342)Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains167,710 pages of information and247,104 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains147,919 pages of information and233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Light Metal Forgings Ltd. of Oldbury, Birmingham.
1935 Private company.
1937 Manufacturers of aluminium, copper, magnesium and light metal (alloy) forgings.[1]
1950 Reconstruction ofJ. Stone and Co to be a holding company; the existing 50 percent holdings inLight Metal Forgings Ltd in partnership withHughes-Johnson Stampings would be maintained, as would the 50 percent holding in Stone-Fry Magnesium Ltd.[2]
1961 Drop forgers and stampers in light alloys. 180 employees.[3]
Subsidiary ofJ. and H. B. Jackson
1967 Acquired the plant and equipment of the forge department ofJames Booth Aluminium[4] with a view to rationalization of the light metal forging industry.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑The Times, 19 July 1950
- ↑1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑The Times, Dec 05, 1967