British Light Steel Pressings Ltd was a vehicle body manufacturer based on Warple Way in Acton, London, founded in 1930. After its acquisition by the Rootes Group in 1937 it became a major producer of body shells for Sunbeam, Humber, and other Rootes marques, housing some of the largest presses in Britain by the 1960s before its announced closure in 1966.
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British Light Steel Pressings Ltd was a company at Warple Way, Acton, London producing bodies for the vehicle industry.
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British Light Steel Pressings Ltd (BLSP) was formed in 1930
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In 1937 it was taken over by the Rootes Group, to make body shells for Sunbeam cars.
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British Light Steel Pressings Ltd was a company at Warple Way, Acton, London producing bodies for the vehicle industry.
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