Steel Company of Wales

Steel Company of Wales

The Steel Company of Wales Ltd was a United Kingdom steel and tinplate producer. It was formed in 1947 and absorbed into British Steel in 1967. The business now forms part of Corus, a subsidiary of Tata Steel.

The company led the restructuring of the steel and tinplate industries around Swansea and Llanelli, building the Abbey Steelworks at Margam and new tinplate works at Trostre and Velindre. Trostre came into production in 1951 and Velindre in 1956 [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/sites/eisteddfod/pages/steelworks.shtml BBC - South West Wales Eisteddfod - The Old Steelworks ] ] .

The company was nationalised in 1951, becoming part of the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain, was denationalised shortly afterwards, and renationalised in 1967.

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* Whitaker's Almanack (various dates)


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