Baggeridge Brick

Baggeridge Brick was a main British manufacturer of bricks, and was the UK's fourth-largest manufacturer of bricks. It is now a subsidiary of Wienerberger AG.

History

Former brick works in October 2007

Baggeridge Brick Company was founded near Baggeridge Country Park in Staffordshire. It was incorporated on 7 April 1944.^[1] It first began making bricks in Worcestershire.

It was headquartered in Gospel End in South Staffordshire.^[2]

Ownership

In August 2007 the company was taken over for £89.2m by the Austrian company Wienerberger AG, the world's largest producer of bricks, after the prospective bid had been referred to the UK Competition Commission.^[3]

Structure

The resulting company is now headquartered in south Manchester.