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Revision as of 01:56, 28 November 2017
Baggeridge Brick was a main British manufacturer of bricks, and was the UK's fourth-largest manufacturer of bricks.
History
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Baggeridge Brick Company was founded near Baggeridge Country Park in Staffordshire. It was incorporated on 7 April 1944.[1] It first began making bricks in Worcestershire.
It was headquartered in Gospel End in South Staffordshire.[2]
Ownership
In August 2006 the company was taken over for £89.2m by the Austrian company Wienerberger AG, the world’s largest producer of bricks, after their prospective bid had been referred to the UK Competition Commission. [3]
Structure
The resulting company is now headquartered in south Manchester.
References
- ^ Companies House
- ^ South Staffordshire District Council Planning
- ^ "Baggeridge Brick plc". Bilding Value. Retrieved 28 November 2017.