The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) was a
major British industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military
and sporting firearms; bicycles; motorcycles; cars; buses and bodies; steel;
iron castings; hand, power, and machine tools;
coal cleaning and handling plants; sintered metals; and hard chrome process.
At its peak, BSA was the
largest motorcycle producer in the world. Loss of sales and poor investments in
new products in the motorcycle division, which included Triumph Motorcycles, led to problems for
the whole group.
1935 Blue Star
A government-organised rescue
operation in 1973 led to the takeover of remaining operations by what is now Maganese Bronze Holdings, then owners of Norton- Villiers, and over the following decade further closures and dispersals. The original
company, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited, remains a subsidiary of
Manganese Bronze but its name was changed in 1987.
Empire Star
Manganese Bronze continues to
operate former BSA subsidiary Carbodies, now known as LTI Limited, manufacturers of London Taxicabs and formerly the
largest wholly British-owned car manufacturer. (Manganese Bronze is now owned
by the Chinese company Geely)
M20
C12
Bantam D5
Bantam D7
B44 VE
441 Shooting Star
B50SS Gold Star
A7
A10 Golden Flash
A10 Rocket Gold Star
A50 Royal Star
A65 Lightning
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