BSA Metal Components Division
of Small Heath, Birmingham
By 1958 Metal and Plastic Compacts (a subsidiary of BSA) had become Metal and Plastic Components Ltd, concentrating on sintered metal components, and Motoplas Company Ltd.
1962 BSA formed 2 new divisions, one of which was Metal Components[1]
1963 Mr R. W. N. Danielson was appointed managing director of the metal components division, which comprised BSA Sintered Components, BSA Metal Powders and BSA Precision Castings and the Idoson Motor Cylinder Co[2]
1963 Metal Components Division had been underdoing extensive reorganisation during the past year and there had been some improvement in its overall results. B.S.A. Sintered Components Ltd was the largest company in the division[3]
1964 The division included 4 companies[4] - BSA Precision Castings, BSA Sintered Components and, presumably, BSA Metal Powders[5] and presumably BSA Foundries.
1966 The division included BSA Foundries, BSA Precision Castings, BSA Sintered Components.[6]
1968 the Metal Components Division, which was then one of the largest sintering operations in Europe, continued to expand. S.M.C. Sterling Ltd was acquired and a few months later they acquired Belford Sintered Metals Ltd of Sedgefield, County Durham.
1969 Further expansion came when work started on a new iron powder factory, to be jointly owned by BSA, Tube Investments and the British Steel Corporation - Round Oak Steel Powders
1970 Round Oak Steel Works and the BSA Group were expected to complete commissioning of the iron powder plant which would go on stream within 2 months. BSA Sintered Components holds a third of the UK sintering market [7]
1971 This division (presumably) "consists of BSA Sintered Components Ltd., of Birmingham, BSA Foundries at Warley and at Darlington and BSA Precision Castings Ltd., of Redditch, plus three smaller companies."[8]
1973 In the face of possible offer for BSA from Manganese Bronze, management were putting together a buy-out for the division which consisted of 7 companies:[9]
- Sintered Metal Components
- BSA Precision Castings[10]
- Carbodies
- and presumably BSA Foundries, BSA Metal Powders, Belford Sintered Metals and ....
The components businesses of BSA was incorporated in Manganese Bronze Casting and Components Division, comprising sintering, precision casting and metal powders.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times Nov. 21, 1962
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post 06 September 1963
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post 13 November 1963
- ↑ The Times The Times Nov. 18, 1964
- ↑ Coventry Evening Telegraph 18 April 1973
- ↑ The Times Aug. 25, 1966
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post 08 August 1970
- ↑ Birmingham Daily Post 22 November 1971
- ↑ The Times Mar. 19, 1973
- ↑ The Times Apr. 18, 1973
- [1]] BSA Owners Club