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British brick manufacturer

Baggeridge Brick was a main British manufacturer of bricks, and was the UK's fourth-largest manufacturer of bricks. It is now a subsidiary of Wienerberger AG.

History

Former brick works in October 2007

Baggeridge Brick Company was founded near Baggeridge Country Park in Staffordshire. It was incorporated on 7 April 1944. It first began making bricks in Worcestershire.

It was headquartered in Gospel End in South Staffordshire.

Ownership

In August 2007 the company was taken over for £89.2m by the Austrian company Wienerberger AG, the world’s largest producer of bricks, after the prospective bid had been referred to the UK Competition Commission.

Structure

The resulting company is now headquartered in south Manchester.

References

  1. Companies House
  2. "South Staffordshire District Council Planning". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. "Baggeridge Brick plc". Building Value. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

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