BSA Metal Components Division
By 1958 Metal and Plastic Compacts 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 Idoson Motor Cylinder Co.
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.
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]
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1]] BSA Owners Club