Goodwin plc
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Goodwin plc is a heavy engineering firm located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It specialises in the supply and fabrication of castings. The firm is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Founded as R. Goodwin & Sons in 1883, the company has long been a specialist in mechanical and refractory engineering. Throughout the twentieth centuries, it secured multiple licences from other firms, facilitating the production of materials such as ductile iron and cast Hastelloy® (super nickel alloys). The firm became a limited company, R. Goodwin & Sons (Engineers) Ltd., on 11 October 1935; it was listed for the first time on the London Stock Exchange in 1958. Goodwin became the first steel foundry in the world to be awarded accreditation by the British Standards Institution to BS5750 (now ISO9001) for casting production during 1984.
During the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the oil and gas industry was a major source of business for the firm; however, this went into a sharp decline in the 2010s. Goodwin's response was to diversify into other sectors, from the specialist polymer manufacturer Duvelco to high-performance radar antennas. During the mid 2020s, the company performed particularly well, leading to its entry into the FTSE 250 Index.
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