Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Birmingham Welding Co

From Graces Guide

of Chester Street, Aston, Birmingham, steel fabricators and (later) manufacturer of oil industry equipment.

1902 Company formed

1950 Paint Making Machinery. Special Purpose Plant. Switchgear and Fusegear Castings. Fabrication in all metals. Ducting Tanks. Sheet Metal Work. Welding and Flame Cutting. Factory Partitioning.

1956 Death of H. A. Tippetts, chairman of Birwelco[1]

1957 Was a subsidiary of L. H. Newton when it was acquired by GKN; Brown Fintube (Great Britain) was an associated company[2]

GKN subsequently formed a business unit GKN Birwelco

2010 The Unit Group acquired Birwelco.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Sep 11, 1956
  2. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 19, 1957
  • UnitBirwelco website [1]