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 1928, the Baldwin Electrical Co., was appointed sole agents for the sale ofLighting Gear, Switches and Control Gear manufactured by Wilfrid Francis & Co. Ltd.
 1946, a take-over of Wilfrid Francis & Co. Ltd., was agreed and the companychanged its name on the 1st February 1946, to BALDWIN & FRANCIS Ltd.
 During the period from the date of incorporation until 1978 the company remained afamily business concentrating its main efforts on the design and manufacture offlameproof, (FLP), electrical equipment for mining.
 In 1978 the business was sold to Northern Engineering Industries, (NEI), andbecame the founding Business Unit of the Trading Company, NEI Mining Equipment Ltd.
 In 1989 NEI merged with Rolls Royce.
 The early 1990s saw further contraction within the UK coal industry and thedecision was taken to close the facility in Altrincham and consolidate theelectrical engineering activity onto the, Eyre Street, Sheffield site.
 Following a strategic review by Rolls Royce a decision was taken to divest itselfof the Mining Equipment trading company and a Management Buy Out, (MBO), of theBALDWIN & FRANCIS Ltd., business was successfully made by its management in May1994.
 In 2004 the senior management team raised funds for a second MBO, buying out theexisting shareholders and enabling the management board to own a majority stake inthe company.
 Subsequent, to the MBO, in the spring of 2005, BALDWIN & FRANCIS Ltd., finallyclosed the doors on its Eyre Street site, after 58 years, and moved to a new site inthe revamped industrial sector of Sheffield  President Park.
Since returning to private ownership BALDWIN & FRANCIS Ltd., has continued to thriveboth in Mining, general industrial and the Oil & Gas sectors - both at home andoverseas developing new products to meet the continually changing market demands.
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