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'''Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd''' (RTB) was a major iron, steel and [[tinplate]] producer, primarily based in [[Wales]] and formed in 1948 by the merger of Richard Thomas & Co Ltd with Baldwins Ltd. It was absorbed into [[British Steel Corporation]] in 1967. The business now forms part of [[Corus Group|Corus]], a subsidiary of [[Tata Steel]].

==Richard Thomas & Co==
Richard Thomas & Co Ltd was an iron, steel and tinplate producer and colliery proprietor. The founder, [[Richard Thomas (tin plate manufacturer)|Richard Thomas]] (died 1916), leased two  tinplate works in [[Gloucestershire]]: [[Lydbrook]] in 1871 and [[Lydney]] in 1876. He went on to acquire local collieries and, in 1888, the [[Melingriffith Tin Plate Works]] near [[Cardiff]].<ref>[http://www.whitchurchandllandaff.co.uk/Melingriffith2.htm Historic Melingriffith profile], whitchurchandllandaff.co.uk. Accessed 9 November 2022.</ref> 

Richard Thomas & Co, in which Thomas was succeeded as managing director by his son, [[Richard Beaumont Thomas]], in 1888, became one of the principal tinplate manufacturers in the UK.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23251#s5 Lydney],  British-History.ac.uk. Accessed 9 November 2022.</ref>  

The [[Ebbw Vale Steel Iron and Coal Company]] was taken over by Richard Thomas & Co in 1936, and a new steel plant and strip mill was erected in the town.<ref>[http://www.bioeddie.co.uk/ebbw-vale/history.htm Ebbw Vale History], bioeddie.co.uk. Accessed November 2022.</ref>

==Baldwins==
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Baldwins Ltd began as EP&W Baldwin, ironfounders of [[Stourport]]. In 1870, [[Alfred Baldwin (politician)|Alfred Baldwin]] bought out his relatives to become the sole proprietor of the firm, but continued to trade under the old name. In 1888, he brought his 21-year-old son [[Stanley Baldwin|Stanley]], afterwards Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]], into the business. The firm was incorporated as EP&W Baldwin Ltd in 1898, and gradually acquired a number of tinplate works, mainly in South [[Wales]].

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In 1948 RTB introduced the first continuous tinning line at its [[Ebbw Vale Steelworks|Ebbw Vale tinplate works]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/sites/eisteddfod/pages/steelworks.shtml South West Wales Eisteddfod – The Old Steelworks], bbc.co.uk. Accessed 9 November 2022.</ref>

In 1951, RTB was [[nationalised]] and placed under the [[Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain]].  Under [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] rule in 1953 it passed to the Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency in readiness for privatisation.  However, its size – it was the UK's largest steel company – inhibited its sale. It was still in public ownership when the industry was re-nationalised under [[British Steel Corporation]] in 1967.

The major event during public ownership as a separate company was the official opening in 1962 of the [[Llanwern steelworks|Spencer Steelworks]] at [[Llanwern]], a wholly new plant on a greenfield site to the east of [[Newport, Wales|Newport]].  This was named after H F Spencer, managing director of RTB at the time construction of the works was announced in 1956.

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