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Guest Keen Iron and Steel Co

From Graces Guide
1959.
1965.

of East Moors, Cardiff.

See GKN

1954 In order to achieve control of the whole production chain, GKN reacquired British (Guest Keen, Baldwins) Iron and Steel Co, which it had previously owned 57 percent, and Guest Keen and Nettlefolds (South Wales) Ltd, from the Holding and Realisation Agency; Guest Keen Baldwins was renamed Guest Keen Iron and Steel Co[1] [2].

1961 The name of Guest Keen Iron and Steel Co was changed to GKN Steel Company, which would incorporate all of the steel companies in the GKN group[3]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, May 14, 1954
  2. The Times, 29 June 1956
  3. The Times, Aug 19, 1960