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Concentric Group

Other Business Names:

  • Concentric Manufacturing Co Ltd
  • Concentric Pumps Ltd
  • Concentric Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, England

Sectors:

  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Copper & brass products manufacture inc plumbing fittings
  • Transport equipment production Motor vehicle engines & components production
  • Rubber & plastic products manufacture Plastic products manufacture
  • Mechanical engineering Pump & hydraulic machinery production

Notes:

Traced origins to 1920 and in 1922 reorganised as Concentric Manufacturing Co Ltd. Initially made brass fittings, especially petrol taps for motor engines. 1946 converted to public company. 1948 established Concentric Pumps Ltd. Thereafter expanded rapidly, including by acquisition, inside and outside UK. Diversified into plastics, controls, aluminium products, fabrication, etc. 1960 restructured as a holding company, Concentric Ltd

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