Firth Rixson
of Sheffield, specialist engineers, principally engaged in the manufacture of forged, cast and rolled components in steel, nickel and titanium alloys for a range of advanced engineering industries.
1987 Woodhouse and Rixson merged with Johnson and Firth Brown Ltd
1989 Sold the centrispinning business of Firth Vickers Foundry to Triplex Lloyd[1]
1995 Johnson and Firth Brown operated through 2 divisions:[2]
- Firth Rixson, with a number of subsidiary operating companies:
- Light Engineering, which had 4 operating companies:
c.1996 The company was renamed Firth Rixson Ltd.
1997 Acquired Barworth Flockton, specialist steel maker, and Moss and Gamble Brothers, open die forgers, from Barworth Holdings[3]. Barworth Flockton became Firth Rixson Special Steels.
1998 Main subsidiaries in Britain were:[4]
- Firth Rixson Forgings, in Darley Dale
- Firth Rixson Special Products, in Rotherham (formerly Firth Rixson Rings)
- Firth Rixson Special Steels, in Sheffield
- Firth Rixson Superalloys, in Glossop
- Firth Rixson Castings, in Scunthorpe
- Endecotts, in London
2003 Company acquired by Forgings International Ltd, funded by the Carlyle Group; converted to private limited company[5]
2014 Acquired by Alcoa