Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,645 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Bromford Iron and Steel Co

From Graces Guide

Presumably a successor to Bromford Iron Co?

1961 Acquired by F. H. Tomkins[1]

1962 Designed and equipped Portugal's first cold-rolled steel-strip mill[2]

1965 Cooper Industries acquired Bromford Iron and Steel Co from F. H. Tomkins[3].

1973 Imported steel from Russia because of shortage of British-made steel[4]

1986 Sold the cold rolling operations to Firsteel Ltd[5]

2016 Currently trading

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Sep 24, 1962
  2. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 17, 1962
  3. The Times, 22 January 1965
  4. The Times, Jul 18, 1973
  5. 1986 Firststeel Group Annual report