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1949 Public offer of shares<ref>The Times Nov. 28, 1949</ref> | 1949 Public offer of shares<ref>The Times Nov. 28, 1949</ref> | ||
1952 'An enterprising link-up with [[Geeco Products]] Ltd. (plastic moulders) is announced by [[Fordham Pressings]] Ltd., of Wolverhampton. The Geeco ([[G. and E. Equipment and Products]]) plant has recently been moved from Ruislip (Middlesex) to Fordham's Melbourne works in Dudley Road. This association of the two companies is designed to speed-up new developments in the field of sanitary engineering and plumbing.'<ref>Birmingham Daily Gazette - Wednesday 03 September 1952</ref> | 1952 'An enterprising link-up with [[Geeco Products]] Ltd. (plastic moulders) is announced by [[Fordham Pressings]] Ltd., of Wolverhampton. The Geeco ([[G. and E. Equipment and Contracts|G. and E. Equipment and Products]]) plant has recently been moved from Ruislip (Middlesex) to Fordham's Melbourne works in Dudley Road. This association of the two companies is designed to speed-up new developments in the field of sanitary engineering and plumbing.'<ref>Birmingham Daily Gazette - Wednesday 03 September 1952</ref> | ||
1954 Geeco moved from Wolverhampton to new premises in New Milton.<ref>New Milton Advertiser - Saturday 20 November 1954</ref> | 1954 Geeco moved from Wolverhampton to new premises in New Milton.<ref>New Milton Advertiser - Saturday 20 November 1954</ref> | ||
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Fordham Pressings Ltd. of Dudley Road, Wolverhampton.
1938 Syphon service and seamless steel flushing cisterns.
1949 Public offer of shares[1]
1952 'An enterprising link-up with Geeco Products Ltd. (plastic moulders) is announced by Fordham Pressings Ltd., of Wolverhampton. The Geeco (G. and E. Equipment and Products) plant has recently been moved from Ruislip (Middlesex) to Fordham's Melbourne works in Dudley Road. This association of the two companies is designed to speed-up new developments in the field of sanitary engineering and plumbing.'[2]
1954 Geeco moved from Wolverhampton to new premises in New Milton.[3]
1956 Acquired Amoa Chemical Co[4]
1969 Fordham Pressings claimed to be the "World leader in plastic cisterns"[5]
1971 Hepworth Iron Co acquired Fordham Pressings.
1972 Virtually all of the capacity in plastic cisterns was sold; demand for acrylic baths increased.[6]
by 1988 presumably the company had become Fordham Bathrooms and Kitchens