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Central Manufacturing and Trading

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of Halesowen Road, Dudley

Steel stockholders, metal processors, tubes, fittings and fabrications, light engineering, drop forging and castings, industrial services.

c.1935 Company incorporated[1]

1957 Share placing on Birmingham Stock Exchange[2]

1968 Acquired Midland Iron Group of Cradley Heath[3].

1969 Acquired Fletcher Houston[4]

1970 Acquired Motive Electric Services, and Norton Industries of Wolverhampton[5], A. Wells, makers of toys and plastic housewares[6], Perks and Stokes, scrap merchants. All iron and steel activities were concentrated in the Norton business. Acme Conveyors and Construction of Kingswinford were part of the group.

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, Oct 04, 1967
  2. ↑ The Times, Nov 28, 1957
  3. ↑ The Times, Feb 08, 1968
  4. ↑ The Times, Jan 15, 1969
  5. ↑ The Times, Feb 11, 1970
  6. ↑ The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jun 27, 1970
  • The Times, Friday, May 14, 1976
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