History
The company was established in 1983 from the merger of Firth Brown and British Steel's River Don Works Forging operations, as a public company. Their buildings now dominate the Brightside area of East Sheffield. The company can trace its heritage back to the start of the steel industry in Sheffield in the 18th century. The firms of Vickers, Cammells, and Armstrong-Whitworth were all Nationalised to form British Steel in the 1960s.
The company has had a chequered history due to the cyclical demand for specialist forgings and castings. In 2005 it was the subject of a management buy out.
On 16 June 2010, a worker was killed at Forgemasters in an industrial accident.
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