Garringtons
of GKN Induction Heating Division, Bromsgrove, Worcs.
1837 Company founded.
1912 Private company formed as John Garrington and Sons
1919 Became a subsidiary of GKN
Post-WWI: As one of the largest producers of commercial forgings in Europe, the company built and put into operation a new £2,500,000 Press Forging Division a contribution towards developing the National export drive. As a step towards improving the production and quality of forgings, electric induction heaters were installed.
1951 The company was given a contract by the Ministry of Supply to proceed with the construction of a £2,500,000 Blade Forging Division in a new building at Bromsgrove.
1951 Name changed to Garringtons
1961 Manufacturers of drop, upset and precision forgings, and manufacturers of hand tools, induction heating equipment, precision turbine blades and railway buffers and couplings. 3,000 employees.[1]
1968 New fully-automatic forging plant. Part of GKN Forgings[2]
1986 United Engineering Steels was formed as a JV to take over British Steel's Special Steels Division and GKN's special steels and forging operations[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Engineer 1968/07/05 p10
- ↑ The Times Jan. 15, 1986