of Sheffield, specialist engineers
1987 Woodhouse and Rixson merged with Johnson and Firth Brown Ltd to form Firth Rixson Ltd.
1989 Sold the centrispinning business of Firth Vickers Foundry to Triplex Lloyd[1]
1997 Acquired Barworth Flockton, specialist steel maker, and Moss and Gamble Brothers, open die forgers, from Barworth Holdings[2]