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1949 Building on the successful press development, [[B. I. P. Engineering]] Ltd was set up to manufacture the Bipel® press. [[Streetly Manufacturing Co]] (SMC) replaced its 200 old presses with 68 of the new machines which were also exhibited at the 1951 Festival of Britain and sold to others. | 1949 Building on the successful press development, [[B. I. P. Engineering]] Ltd was set up to manufacture the Bipel® press. [[Streetly Manufacturing Co]] (SMC) replaced its 200 old presses with 68 of the new machines which were also exhibited at the 1951 Festival of Britain and sold to others. | ||
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of Streetly Works, Birmingham
1949 Building on the successful press development, B. I. P. Engineering Ltd was set up to manufacture the Bipel® press. Streetly Manufacturing Co (SMC) replaced its 200 old presses with 68 of the new machines which were also exhibited at the 1951 Festival of Britain and sold to others.
BIP Engineering went on to develop a variety of specialised machinery, such as presses to mould large battery boxes, rubber mouldings, a range of hydraulic pelleters, and thermoset injection machines.
Post War: with its three moulding shops equipped with Bipel® moulding machines, SMC became a showpiece for BIP Engineering receiving an average of almost 300 visitors per year, many of them competitors.
1971 A major plant expansion was undertaken for the manufacture of Bipel® presses.
1981 Turner and Newall sold BIP Engineering to its management