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| Metsec Plc |
| Broadwell Road |
| Oldbury |
| West Midlands |
| B69 4HF |
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| T: +44 (0) 121 601 6000 |
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| 1946 - 1980: Rise and fall |
| "There was a wonderful spirit right through. When it's been decided something is impossible, someone has gone out and got it done." Frank White |
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| 1979 |
| Mark Radcliffe joins as Managing Director of TI Metsec, replacing John Johnson who leaves to establish a new purlin line in Madras. |
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| 1977 |
| In July 1977 the company changes its name to 'TI Metsec'. |
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| 1974 |
| The first-in line welding line is built for manufacturing irregular welded sections for the bus sector. |
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| 1967 |
| In 1967 this expansion results in Metal Sections Ltd occupying a second site at Tividale. |
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| 1960's |
| Throughout the decade Metal Sections Ltd expands with the boom of components, buildings and the development of building panels known as the 'Metsec Wall System'. Ceiling panels are made under license. |
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| 1958 |
| The first Metsec purlins are supplied to Conder. These are made to order and despatched to site having been cut to length and pierced by hand. A few years later, Metal Sections Ltd develops its own purlin design and gradually improves production techniques with in-line piercing processes. |
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| 1957 |
| On Sunday 23rd June a large fire destroys the production facilities. The production lines are put out of action. The thousands of precision rolls stored on wooden racks are reduced to a blackened heap and have to be cleaned and sorted into their correct sets. Such is the determination of the workforce that, within a week, most of the production plant is operational again in an adjacent bay. |
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| 1954 |
| A twenty-five bay warehouse is built for the US Air Force at Burtonwood, Lancashire, using a novel building concept devised at Metal Sections Ltd. A full-scale experimental bay has to be built at Oldbury and tested to destruction to prove the principle. The warehouse requires 1,500 tons of steel strip to be rolled into 400 miles of section, and fabricated into the supports and beams for the building. This project establishes the use of cold-rolled sections as structural components in large buildings and of Metal Sections Ltd as a significant supplier of such products. |
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| 1952 |
| In the early fifties the 'flying cut-off' is developed whereby sections are cut to length in-line. This permits the continuous running of cold-roll forming machines - a significant development in productivity as the lines no longer have to be stopped to cut the sections into lengths that can be handled easily. |
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| 1949 |
| The company introduces a new character - 'Mr Metsec', which appears on company lorries, advertising and exhibition stands. This is the first use of the term 'Metsec' which will, in time, become the name of products and ultimately the company itself. |
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| 1948 |
| The first kits of parts for building a bus are exported to Argentina. These become known as 'The Bus in a Box' - a major part of the company's activities for the next thirty years, with Hong Kong and India as important customers. The kit includes all the components, from framing to window glass and from screws to stair rails. |
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| 1946 |
| Metal Sections Ltd takes its first significant steps in the buildings market with components for post-war prefabricated houses. These include the Airey house, and the Myton house. The company makes its first lattice beams for these projects, a significant step for its future development. |
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 The new SFS specification manual is now availabe..
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 Metsec Steel Framing System cuts construction costs by up to 39%.
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