Chamberlin and Hill
of Chuckery Foundry, Walsall, and Phoenix Foundry, Lichfield
1888 Company established.
1903 Incorporated as a limited company.
1914 Ironfounders. Specialities: small repetition work, fine annealed castings, electrical and speciality soft work. [1]
1920 Acquired by the Bather family
1946 Floated as a public company with majority family holding.
1965 Light grey iron founders; reported business at similar level to previous year[2]
1967 Sir Frederick Scopes, chairman, expressed concern about the competition expected from the soon-to-be nationalised steel industry[3].
1967 63rd AGM[4]
1968 Acquired Phoenix Foundry (Bloxwich) and its associated companies to broaden the company's business by including malleable castings[5]
1977 Acquired Platt Malleable Castings, malleable iron founder, and its subsidiary Arthur Morgan (Engineers), maker of conduit fittings and accessories[6]
1979 First non-foundry acquisitions
1979 Acquired the Solenoids and Regulators
1986 Acquired Fitter and Poulton[7]
1987 Profits rising[8]
By 1989 Had acquired Fred Duncombe[9]
1999 Acquired Russell Ductile Castings
2007 Name changed to Chamberlin plc