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Special Steels producer, of Sheffield
Special Steels producer, of Sheffield.


[[J. J. Saville and Co]] associated with [[William Jessop and Sons]] to become [[Jessop-Saville]].
1929 [[J. J. Saville and Co]] merged with [[William Jessop and Sons]] to become [[Jessop-Saville]].


1960s Like other parts of the Sheffield steel industry, the company was reorganized into separate companies: foundry, steels, engineering, etc.  
1960s Like other parts of the Sheffield steel industry, the company was reorganized into separate companies: foundry, steels, engineering, etc.  

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Special Steels producer, of Sheffield.

1929 J. J. Saville and Co merged with William Jessop and Sons to become Jessop-Saville.

1960s Like other parts of the Sheffield steel industry, the company was reorganized into separate companies: foundry, steels, engineering, etc.

1967 Edgar Allen and Co purchased Jessop's foundry interests[1], relocating Jessop's special alloy (medium frequency) melting plant to Edgar's Sheffield Road site and the 3-ton electric furnace was moved to one end of the Tropenas Melting Shop.

1967 One of the larger steel makers not subject to nationalisation[2]

1969 Taken over by Firth Brown, the largest private sector steel company[3].

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Apr 22, 1967
  2. The Times, Apr 26, 1967
  3. The Times, Mar 20, 1969