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Revision as of 12:27, 12 March 2022
Aluminium fabricators, Aluminium castings
of Sunderland
of Huddersfield
of Grove Street, Birmingham - see William Mills (of Birmingham)
of Friar Park Foundry, Wednesbury
1885 Company established by William Mills (1856-1932) in Sunderland, when he established the first aluminium foundry in the United Kingdom at The Atlas Works, Bonnersfield, Monkwearmouth.
1900 Atlas Works, Bonner's Field, Sunderland (Aluminium Castings).
1903 Incorporated as a Limited Company.
1905 Opened a new factory in Birmingham to supply the Midlands - see William Mills (of Birmingham)
1914 Aluminium Founders and Finishers. Specialities: Aluminium Castings for Motor Car Builders and all other trades, Cooking Utensils, Aluminium Alloys, Boat Gear, Sportsmen's Stools, Golf Clubs. Employees 300. [1]
1915 Mills opened the Mills Munitions Factory in Birmingham, making the Mills Bomb Hand Grenade.
Presses. Exhibit at Armley Mill Museum.
1937 Aluminium founders and die casters. [2]
1948 was a subsidiary of British Aluminium Co[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times, Nov 12, 1948