Steel Co of Wales Ltd

Sectors:

  • Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
  • Basic metals production Tinplate production

Notes:

Established 1947 by Richard Thomas & Baldwins Ltd, Guest Keen Baldwins Ltd, John Lysagh Ltd and Llanelly Associated Tinplate Companies to acquire certain of their assets in South Wales including Port Talbot and Margam steelworks. Nationalised 1947 and in 1957 denationalised. Built, inter alia, major steelworks at Abbey Works and tinplate works at Trostre, Llanelli, and Velindre, Swansea, as part of a massive restructuring of the tinplate industry. 1967 renationalised to form part of British Steel Corp

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