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 166,992 pages of information and 246,684 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.

Light Metal Forgings

From Graces Guide
1962.

Light Metal Forgings Ltd. of Oldbury, Birmingham.

1935 Private company.

1937 Manufacturers of aluminium, copper, magnesium and light metal (alloy) forgings. [1]

1950 Reconstruction of J. Stone and Co to be a holding company; the existing 50 percent holdings in Light Metal Forgings Ltd in partnership with Hughes-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 of J. and H. B. Jackson

1967 Acquired the plant and equipment of the forge department of James Booth Aluminium [4] with a view to rationalization of the light metal forging industry.

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