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 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 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.

Platts Forgings

From Graces Guide

of Spring Bank, Willenhall, Staffs

1972 pfw - supplier of drop forgings to Rolls Royce Motors Ltd[1]

1976 Acquired by Record Ridgway[2]

1980 Loss making; company closed

1981 Mabey and Johnson acquired the drop-forging business of Record Ridgway previously carried on by Platts Forgings[3]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, May 26, 1972
  2. The Times, Feb 25, 1976
  3. The Times, Feb 10, 1981