Formerly Coneygre Foundry, Earl of Dudley Estates. The new company produces small castings for the developing countries. In 1935 - 36 a new mechanised foundry was built. In 1937, the company became a subsidary of Sirmid Industries. Over the years the foundry has been modernised and extended and in 1951 employed 450. The main work at this time was in repetitive type castings such as cylinder blocks, brake drums, grey and alloy iron castings between 0.5kg to 875kg in weight. The molten iron being supplied by two cupolas each with a melting capacity of 10 tons per hour. The trademark was Coneychrom. In 1967, the company is described as a repetitive foundry producing castings up to 1 ton in weight.
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| Keywords: | Foundry Parker Coney-chrom MCOL 1800s 1900c |
| Archive Ref: | 1994/013/1209 EB 1A The Coneygre Story WKVG Lib 4.412 |
| Updated: | 6/9/2001 11:36:15 |