Langley Alloys

of Langley, near Slough
c.1938 Arthur Albert Rowse founded the company to make a new type of bronze alloy which found extensive use in torpedoes and other naval equipment
1961 Acquired by the General Hydraulic Power Co.[1]
1974 Developed valves that could test the effects of liquid natural gas and other low temperature gases on the design and performance of cryogenic valves.[2]
1977 GHP was acquired by Low and Bonar
1982 Under the Lazard scheme to reduce capacity in castings, the Bonar Langley Alloys foundry was closed[3]