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1968 New fully-automatic forging plant. Part of [[GKN Forgings]]<ref>The Engineer 1968/07/05 p10</ref> | 1968 New fully-automatic forging plant. Part of [[GKN Forgings]]<ref>The Engineer 1968/07/05 p10</ref> | ||
1986 [[United Engineering Steels]] was formed as a JV to take over British Steel's Special Steels Division and [[GKN]]'s special steels and forging operations<ref>The Times Jan. 15, 1986</ref> | |||
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of GKN Induction Heating Division, Bromsgrove, Worcs.
1837 Company founded.
1912 Private company formed as John Garrington and Sons
1919 Became a subsidiary of GKN
1951 Name changed to Garringtons
1961 Manufacturers of drop, upset and precision forgings, and manufacturers of hand tools, induction heating equipment, precision turbine blades and railway buffers and couplings. 3,000 employees.[1]
1968 New fully-automatic forging plant. Part of GKN Forgings[2]
1986 United Engineering Steels was formed as a JV to take over British Steel's Special Steels Division and GKN's special steels and forging operations[3]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Engineer 1968/07/05 p10
- ↑ The Times Jan. 15, 1986