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In 1956 the firm acquired Sillett and Cooksey
of West Bromwich, specialists in metal spinning
and light metal fabrication, and also acquired
the Great Bridge Foundry Group and the stock,
patterns and trade-marks for gas cookers of R.
Russell and Company.
Then in 1957 the firm acquired Vowles
Aluminium Foundry and Henry Harrison & Sons and
in 1959 acquired Ridgacre Foundry.
In 1961 the firm became part of the Triplex
Foundry Group which included several other
foundries and in 1963 exhibited heavy-duty
engineering and repetition castings at the Motor
Show.
An aircraft division opened in a new factory
in King's Norton in
1974 and in the 1980s the group was known as
Triplex Lloyd.
It was later taken over by Doncaster
Engineering, to become Triplex Components and in
the 1990s it became one of the main producers of
turbo housings for cars.
In 2003 it became Sigmacast Iron
Limited after a management buyout and in 2005
was taken over by Amtek.
The Tipton factory
closed in 2009 when production had been
transferred to India. The last casting in the
foundry was made on Friday the 13th February, 2009. |
