Brockhouse Group
of West Bromwich
1965 Companies in the group;
- Brockhouse Drop Forge division
- Brockhouse Heater Co
- Brockhouse Casting
- Brockhouse Engineering
- R. J. Hunt and Son
- Kaye Alloy Castings
- Thomas Chatwin and Co
- Warwick Rim and Sectioning
Also see J. Brockhouse and Co
1967 Acquired Redler Industries, H. J. H. King and Co and 51 percent of Duodec Development and Construction Co from Cozens and Sutcliffe (Holdings)[1]
1967 Ended drop forging at Albion Drop Forgings Co; the work was moved to West Bromwich[2]
1969 Rising inflation made it difficult to keep prices ahead of costs so profits fell[3]
1970 Rebound in profits[4]
1976 Name changed to Brockhouse[5]
1984 the group, which was making a loss, was acquired by Evered Holdings[6]
1987 Brockhouse Castings of Wolverhampton was sold to Saxonforge; the main company was renamed Brooks Castings[7]
2008 The company is still on the same 5.5 acre site in Howard Street, West Bromwich, to which it moved in 1888. (03/08)