James Mills


















of Bredbury Steel Works, near Stockport
1850 Company founded.
By 1880 the company was run by the Executors of James Mills (see advert)
1900 Private company.
At some point was taken over by GKN
1935 See James Mills:1935 Review
1937 Steel manufacturers and engineers. [1]
1937 Steel manufacturers and engineers. "Mills" Freecutting Carbon and Casehardening Steels.[2]
1947 Mills Ledloy.
1961 Light machinists, steel rollers and manufacturers of bright steel and hot pressings. 2,100 employees. [3]
1967 One of the larger steel companies not subject to nationalisation[4]