Birmingham Welding Co
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
Sources of Information
- UnitBirwelco website [1]