HC Deb 06 February 1967 vol 740 cc234-9W
Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Minister of Power if he will list the companies, approximately 210 in number, mentioned in paragraph 37 of Command Paper No. 2651, who will compose the private sector of the iron and steel industry.

Mr. Freeson

The following are the companies engaged in iron and steel activities, other than iron and steel casting which, on their present membership, will not become publicly owned.

Iron and Steel Board District 1—Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Notts, Northants and Essex

  • Armco Ltd.
  • Chesterfield Tube Co. Ltd.
  • Continental-Emsco (G.B.) Ltd.
  • Elm Engineering Ltd.
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  • Ford Motor Co. Ltd.
  • Gimson & Co. (Leicester) Ltd.
  • Lake & Elliot Founder & Engineers Ltd.
  • Nassington Barrowden Mining Co. Ltd.
  • Parker Foundry (1929) Ltd.
  • Steel, W. & Co. Ltd.
  • Telien Steels Ltd.
  • Tubeman Stainless Ltd. (in liquidation).
  • Sheepbridge Rolling Mills Ltd.

Iron and Steel Board District 2—Lancs. (other than the North-West Coast) Denbighshire, Flintshire and Cheshire

  • Baker, S. A. (Engineers) Ltd.
  • Crompton, Nettlefold, Stenman Ltd.
  • Eva Bros. Ltd.
  • Firth Co. Ltd.
  • Garland, J. & Co. Ltd.
  • Johnsons (Mill Street) Ltd.
  • Mills, James (Exors of) Ltd.
  • Mountford, J. & Co. Ltd.
  • Oil Well Engineering Co. Ltd.
  • Parks Forge Ltd.
  • Tulketh Steel & Eng. Co. Ltd.
  • Walmsley, T. & Son Ltd.
  • Webb, Joseph & Sons Ltd.

Iron and Steel Board District 3—Yorkshire (other than the North-East Coast and Sheffield)

  • Bright Steel Ltd.
  • Coghlan Bright Steel Ltd.
  • Coghlan Forge & Rolling Mills Ltd.
  • Fowler John & Co. (Leeds) Ltd.
  • Kirkstall Forge & Eng. Ltd.
  • Low Moor Alloy Steelworks Ltd.
  • Middleton Bros. (Pudsey) Ltd.
  • Williams & Womersley Ltd.

Iron and Steel Board District 4—Lincolnshire

  • Clarke's Crank & Forge Co. Ltd.
  • Coleby Ironstone Co. Ltd. (The)
  • Ruston & Hornsby Ltd.

Iron and Steel Board District 5—North-East Coast

  • Armstrong Whitworth (Metal Industries) Ltd.—(Jarrow)
  • Cook, J. Sons & Co. (1930) Ltd.
  • Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Ltd.(1)
  • The Doxford & Sunderland Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
  • Durham Tube & Eng. Co. Ltd. (The)
  • Forster, T. S. & Sons Ltd.
  • Head Wrightson Steel Foundries Ltd.
  • Raine & Co. Ltd.
  • Redheugh Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Skinningrove Iron Co. Ltd.(7)
  • Tinkler, J. G. Ltd.
  • T.I. (Group Services) Ltd. (Jarrow Tube Works Ltd.)(2)

Iron and Steel Board District 6—Scotland

  • Bairds and Scottish Steel Ltd.(8)
  • Beardmore, Wm. & Co. Ltd.
  • Bruntons (Musselburgh) Ltd.
  • Coatbridge Tinplate Co. Ltd.
  • Dennystown Forge Co. Ltd.
  • Fife Forge Co. Ltd.
  • Glencairn Metals Ltd.
  • Lanarkshire Bolt Ltd.
  • Martins (Dundyvan) Ltd.
  • Steel Arches Ltd.
  • William, J. (Wishaw) Ltd.
  • Babcock & Wilcox Ltd.

Iron and Steel Board District 7—Staffs, Salop, Worcs. and Warwicks

  • Bagnall J. & Sons Ltd.
  • Bar-Bright Ltd.
  • Barlow, H. J. & Co. Ltd.
  • Barton Conduits Ltd.
  • Birmingham Gun Barrel Co. Ltd.
  • Bradley, J. & Co. (Stourbridge) Ltd.
  • Bright Steel Co. (Tipton) Ltd.
  • British Rolling Mills Ltd.
  • Bromford Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Burn, G. Ltd.
  • C.M. Supplies (West Bromwich) Ltd.
  • Cox-Whittall Ltd.
  • Cradley Heath Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
  • Croft, G. Ltd.
  • District Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Ductile Planetry Mill Ltd.
  • Ductile Cold Mill Ltd.
  • Ductile Hot Mill Ltd.
  • Dudley Port Rolling Mills Ltd.
  • English Seamless Tube Co. (includes Universal Steel Tube Co. Ltd.)
  • Fairley, James & Sons Ltd.
  • Firth Cleveland Steel Strip Ltd.
  • Folkes, J. (Lye Forge) Ltd.
  • Foster Bros. Ltd.
  • Gadd G. & Co. Ltd.
  • Gill & Russell Ltd.
  • Godrich, A. E. & Son. Ltd.
  • Goldendale Iron Co. Ltd.
  • Graham Firth Steel Products Ltd.
  • Grainger, Isaac, H. & Sons Ltd.
  • Hackett. T. & Sons Ltd.
  • Harts Hill Iron Co. Ltd.
  • Haybridge Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Hayes Conduit Co. Ltd.
  • Hayes Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Hingley, N. & Sons (Netherton) Ltd.
  • Hipkiss Bros. Ltd.
  • Johnsons Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (includes production by Ridgacre Iron & Steel Works Ltd.)
  • Langley Forge Co. Ltd.
  • Lees, J. B. & S. Ltd.
  • Lilleshall Co. Ltd.
  • London Works Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Longmore Bros Ltd.
  • Midland Bright Drawn Steel Ltd.
  • Monmore Tubes Ltd.
  • Mucklow Bros. Ltd.
  • Newmans Tubes Ltd.
  • Oriental Tube Co. Ltd.
  • Parkes, G. B. Ltd.
  • Patent Shaft Steel Works Ltd.
  • Penn, J. & Co. Ltd.
  • Percival. D. J. Ltd.
  • Phoenix Steel Tube Co. Ltd.
  • Power, F. A. Ltd.
  • Price Bros. (Halesowen) Ltd.
  • Pritchard, Thomas Ltd.
  • Richards, Chas. & Sons Ltd.
  • Rubery Owen & Co. Ltd.

Iron and Steel Board District 7—Staffs, Salop, Wores. and Warwicks

  • Seaboard Steel Co. of Great Britain Ltd.
  • Serck Tubes Ltd.
  • Shale, C. W. & Co. Ltd.
  • Smith & Moore (Steels) Ltd.
  • Somers, W. Ltd.
  • Sparton Steel & Alloys Ltd.
  • Steel Bars & Sections Ltd.
  • Steel Nut & J. Hampton Ltd
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  • Steel Parts Ltd.
  • The Stourbridge Rolling Mills Ltd.
  • Talbot Stead Tube Co. Ltd.
  • Taylor C. H. & Co. Ltd.
  • Tipper Bros. (Bilston) Ltd. (includes J. Knowles (Wednesbury) Ltd.)
  • T.I. (Group Services) Ltd (2) covers the following works:
  • (Accles and Pollock Ltd.
  • Alma & Cranmore Tube Co. Ltd.
  • National Tube Co. Ltd.
  • Reynolds Tube Co. Ltd.
  • T.I. Stainless Tubes Ltd.
  • Tube Products Ltd.
  • Tubes Ltd.
  • Weldless Steel Tube Co. Ltd.)
  • Tube Fittings Ltd.
  • Tube Finings Manufacturing Co. (Coseley) Ltd.
  • Turner & Walters Ltd.
  • Union Steel & Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
  • Walsall District Iron Co. Ltd.
  • (Incorporating W. M. Lester & Sons Ltd.)
  • Wednesbury Tube Co. Ltd. (includes Glynn Bros. Ltd.)
  • Welding Technical Services Ltd.
  • Wellington Tube Works Ltd. (includes Job Edwards Ltd.
  • Edward Smith Ltd.
  • Victoria Tube Co. Ltd.)
  • Wesson W. & Co. Ltd.
  • Wrights Forge & Engineering Co. Ltd.
  • Walsall Tube & Sections Ltd.

Iron and Steel Board District 8—South Wales and Monmouthshire

  • Briton Ferry Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Engl J. Ltd.
  • E.W. Works Ltd.
  • G. K. N. (South Wales) Ltd.
  • Llanelly Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Rollo Hardy & Co. Ltd.
  • Signode Ltd.
  • T.I. (Groups services) Ltd.(2) (Helliwells) Ltd.

Iron and Steel Board District 9—Sheffield

  • Edgar Allen & Co. Ltd.
  • Alloy Steel Rods Ltd.(3)
  • Andrews Toledo Ltd.
  • Andrews Toledo (Wire Rod) Ltd.
  • Balfour, A. & Co. Ltd.
  • Barworth Steel Works Ltd.
  • Beardshaw (Steels) Ltd.
  • Bedford, J. & Sons Ltd.
  • Bennett, Ben Junior Ltd.
  • Blyde, A. & Co. Ltd.
  • Brown Balye Steels Ltd.
  • Burys & Co. Ltd.
  • Carlisle, C. G. & Co. Ltd.
  • Carr, Richard W. & Co.
  • Clarke, Geo. (Sheffield) Ltd.
  • Cocker Bros. Ltd.
  • Cook, G. H. & Co. Ltd.
  • Cottam, E. & Co. Ltd.
  • Darwins Bright Steels Ltd.
  • Darwins Ltd.
  • Denton & Best Ltd.
  • Denton, C. R. Steel & Tool Co. Ltd.
  • Doncaster, D. & Sons Ltd.
  • Don Forge & Engineering Co. Ltd.
  • Dunford & Elliott (Sheffield) Ltd.
  • Effingham Steel Works Ltd.
  • Firth Brown Ltd.
  • Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels Ltd.
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  • Flather Halesowen Ltd.
  • Furnival Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Greensmith, G. H. & Co.
  • Habershon, J. J. & Sons Ltd.
  • Hadfields Ltd.
  • Hallamshire Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Hall & Pickles Ltd.
  • Hemmings Ltd.

Iron and Steel Board District 9—Sheffield

  • Hillfoot Steel (Forgers) Ltd.
  • Hobson, Houghton & Co. Ltd.
  • Huntsman, B. Ltd.
  • Hurdley, Thos. C. & Co. Ltd.
  • lbbotson Bros. & Co. Ltd.
  • Inca Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Inman, T. & Co. Ltd.
  • Jessop Saville Ltd.
  • Jonas & Colver (Novo) Ltd.
  • Kayser, Ellison & Co. Ltd.
  • Kelham Island Steel Works Ltd.
  • Kenyon Bros & Co. Ltd.
  • Kenyon, C. & Sons Ltd.
  • Kenyon, Wm. & Sons.
  • Kiveton Park Steel & Wire Works Ltd.(5)
  • Lee, A. & Sons Ltd.
  • Lee, A. & Sons (Cold Strip) Ltd.
  • Lee, A. & Sons (Hot Rolling Mills) Ltd.
  • Levick Swift & Sons Ltd.
  • Meadows, C. & Co. Ltd.
  • Midland & Low Moor Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Montgomery, Skinner & Co.
  • Morton, B.K. & Co. Ltd.
  • Moss & Gamble Bros. Ltd.
  • Neepsend Rolling Mills Ltd.
  • Neill J. & Co. (Sheffield) Ltd.
  • Niagara Forge (Sheffield) Ltd.
  • Osborn Foundry & Engineering Co. Ltd.
  • Oxley, Wm. & Co. Ltd.
  • Parkin, F. M. (Sheffield) Ltd.
  • Peace, Samuel & Sons Ltd.
  • Peace, W. K. & Co. Ltd.
  • Pearson, T. W. Ltd.
  • Pickering, Frank & Co. Ltd.
  • Rotherham Forge & Rolling Mills Co. Ltd.
  • Rotherham Steel Strip Co. Ltd.
  • Sanderson Brothers & Newbould Ltd.
  • Senior, Geo. & Sons Ltd.
  • Sheffield Forge & Rolling Mills Co. Ltd.
  • Sheffield Hollow Drill Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Shepcote Lane Rolling Mills Ltd.(9)
  • Smith, Wm. & Co. (Sheffield) Ltd.
  • Spear & Jackson Ltd.
  • Spencer, W. & Co. Ltd.
  • Swift Bros. (Rolling Mills) Ltd.
  • Templeborough Rolling Mills Ltd.(6)
  • Tinsley Rolling Mills Ltd.
  • T. I. (Group Services) Ltd. (2) (Howell & Co. Ltd.).
  • Titannic Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Tool & Steel Products Ltd.
  • Turner, Wm. & Sons Ltd.
  • Turton Bros. & Matthews Ltd.
  • Turton, T. & Sons Ltd.
  • Tyzack, W. A. & Co. Ltd.
  • Unbrako Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Vanadium Steel Co. Ltd.
  • Vessey, J. & Sons Ltd.
  • Wardlows Ltd.
  • Watson, Saville & Co. Ltd.
  • Willian, G. L. Ltd.
  • Wincobank Rolling Mills Ltd.
  • Woodhouse & Rixson Ltd.
  • Worthington Steel & Annealing Co.

Iron and Steel Board District 10—North-West Coast

  • Charcoal Iron Co. Ltd.
  • Million Hematite Ore & Iron Co. Ltd. Vickers Ltd.

Notes

  1. (1) N.S.C. will have a holding of 50 per cent.
  2. (2) N.S.C. will have a holding of 5.2 per cent. in the parent company, Tube Investments Ltd.
  3. (3) N.S.C. will have a holding of 25 per cent.
  4. (4) N.S.C. will have a holding of 50 per cent.
  5. (5) N.S.C. will have a holding of 35.7 per cent.
  6. (6) N.S.C. will have a holding of 50 per cent.
  7. (7) N.S.C. will have a holding of 90 per cent.
  8. (8) N.S.C. will have a holding of 90 per cent.
  9. (9) N.S.C. will have a holding of 66.6 per cent.

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