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1971 Acquired [[C. and B. Smith]]<ref>The Times Dec. 18, 1971</ref> | 1971 Acquired [[C. and B. Smith]]<ref>The Times Dec. 18, 1971</ref> | ||
1980 Over a period of 18 months, the division had closed 6 foundries in the West Midlands<ref>The Times Dec. 6, 1980</ref> | |||
1982 '''Birmid foundries with specific product ranges: | 1982 '''Birmid foundries with specific product ranges: |
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1969 Reorganisation of Birmid Qualcast Ltd into 3 divisions[1]:
- Birmid Qualcast (Foundries) Ltd,
- Birmid Qualcast (Home and Garden Equipment) Ltd,
- Birmid Qualcast (Wrought and Engineering Products) Ltd .
Birmid Qualcast (Foundries) Ltd consisted of
The light alloy products group:
and the Ferrous products group:
- Coneygre Foundry.
- Dartmouth Auto Castings.
- Midland Motor Cylinder Co.
- Qualcast (Derby Foundries).
- Qualcast (Wolverhampton).
- Sterling Metals.
- Birmidal Developments.
- W. and J. Chatwin.
- Birmid Auto Castings in Australia.
1971 Acquired C. and B. Smith[2]
1980 Over a period of 18 months, the division had closed 6 foundries in the West Midlands[3]
1982 Birmid foundries with specific product ranges:
Iron Foundries:
Alloy Foundries:
1988 Sterling Metals Ltd was renamed Sterling International Technology Ltd