Firsteel Group
of Sutton Coldfield, manufacture of cold rolled steel and sections, mining roof supports, heat exchange equipment, road tankers, industrial refrigeration and air conditioning equipment.
1983 Firsteel Hadfields Ltd was renamed Firsteel Group Ltd. It was a subsidiary of Lonrho plc
1986 The subsidiary Charles Roberts Engineering started making agricultural products and car transporters; Lightfoot Refrigeration Co entered the ice rink market; Firsteel Ltd acquired the cold rolling operations of Bromford Iron and Steel Ltd; the divisions had the structure:[1]
- Steel processing division - Firsteel Ltd, Coated Strip Ltd, Firsteel Metal Products Ltd, Firsteel Distributors Ltd, Church and Bramhall Ltd, P. F. Kitson Steelstock Ltd, Viscount Fasteners Ltd.
- Engineering Division - J. Hartley and Co Ltd, Robert Hudson (Machinery and Sales) Ltd, The Lightfoot Refrigeration Co Ltd, Newell Dunford Ltd, Charles Roberts Engineering Ltd, Selflock Ltd
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1986 Annual report