Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,970 pages of information and 246,449 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 contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Firth-Derihon Stampings

From Graces Guide
November 1926.
November 1957. Drop Forgings.
November 1958.
May 1961.
July 1962.
Sept 1963.
May 1964.
Advert in French.

Firth-Derihon Stampings Ltd. of Sheffield.

Owned by Thomas Firth and John Brown

1919 Private company.

1937 Drop forgers and stampers. "B N C", "B N D" Alloy Steels. "F.D.V.I." Alloy Steels. [1]

1959 Increased capacity at Darley Dale Works. Large consumer of special steels produced by Thomas Firth and John Brown.[2].

1961 Manufacturers of drop forgings, stampings and pressings in high stress, heat resisting alloys for aircraft and automobile industry and nuclear power stations. 650 employees. [3]

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