Anglesey Aluminium Metal Ltd - 5 year long service badge (1970’s / 1980’s)
Anglesey Aluminium Metal Ltd (AAM) started up production in 1971 and was joint-owned by Rio Tinto and the Kaiser Aluminium & Chemical Corporation. The newly built plant occupied a site of over 800 acres close to the town of Holyhead on the Island of Anglesey. AAM produced aluminium metal and was one of Britain's largest single users of electricity during its time of production.
The company’s smelting plant was closed down in September 2009 and its re-melt plant also closed in 2013, with a total loss of over 400 high-paying quality jobs. Since then, the factory has been mothballed and there are plans to commence construction work during 2018 that will convert it to a biomass energy recovery plant (300 MW wood burning plant) to produce electricity for the national grid. There are also plans for other projects on the site such as a food company and a holiday village. But these plans were dependent on funding from Chinese investment sources (Sino Fortune Group) and Horizon Nuclear Power but the plans are now in doubt (as at 2018).
This badge displays the company’s logo.
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References:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglesey_Aluminium
www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/anglesey-alumi... (Daily Mail newspaper 20th September 2017 - ambitious plans to regenerate the Anglesey Aluminium site and provide new jobs may never happen, certainly as originally intended).
www.facebook.com/groups/188375124656/ (Face book page for the Anglesey Aluminium Metal Ltd company).
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Enamels: 3 (blue, red & white).
Finish: Gilt.
Material: Brass.
Fixer: Pin.
Size: 25/32" x 13/16" (20mm x 21mm).
Process: Die stamped.
Imprint: None (but may have been produced by Manhattan Windsor Ltd of Birmingham).
Anglesey Aluminium Metal Ltd - 5 year long service badge (1970’s / 1980’s)
Anglesey Aluminium Metal Ltd (AAM) started up production in 1971 and was joint-owned by Rio Tinto and the Kaiser Aluminium & Chemical Corporation. The newly built plant occupied a site of over 800 acres close to the town of Holyhead on the Island of Anglesey. AAM produced aluminium metal and was one of Britain's largest single users of electricity during its time of production.
The company’s smelting plant was closed down in September 2009 and its re-melt plant also closed in 2013, with a total loss of over 400 high-paying quality jobs. Since then, the factory has been mothballed and there are plans to commence construction work during 2018 that will convert it to a biomass energy recovery plant (300 MW wood burning plant) to produce electricity for the national grid. There are also plans for other projects on the site such as a food company and a holiday village. But these plans were dependent on funding from Chinese investment sources (Sino Fortune Group) and Horizon Nuclear Power but the plans are now in doubt (as at 2018).
This badge displays the company’s logo.
.
References:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglesey_Aluminium
www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/anglesey-alumi... (Daily Mail newspaper 20th September 2017 - ambitious plans to regenerate the Anglesey Aluminium site and provide new jobs may never happen, certainly as originally intended).
www.facebook.com/groups/188375124656/ (Face book page for the Anglesey Aluminium Metal Ltd company).
.
Enamels: 3 (blue, red & white).
Finish: Gilt.
Material: Brass.
Fixer: Pin.
Size: 25/32" x 13/16" (20mm x 21mm).
Process: Die stamped.
Imprint: None (but may have been produced by Manhattan Windsor Ltd of Birmingham).