The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was a British manufacturer of vehicles, firearms, and military equipment, and still exists as an airgun sport manufacturer and distributor. At its peak, BSA was the largest motorcycle producer in the world. Loss of sales and poor investments in new products in the motorcycle division, which included Triumph Motorcycles, led to problems for the whole group.
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| - The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was a British manufacturer of vehicles, firearms, and military equipment, and still exists as an airgun sport manufacturer and distributor. At its peak, BSA was the largest motorcycle producer in the world. Loss of sales and poor investments in new products in the motorcycle division, which included Triumph Motorcycles, led to problems for the whole group.
- The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited, BSA was a major industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms; bicycles; motorcycles; cars; buses and bodies; steel; iron castings; hand, power, and machine tools; coal cleaning and handling plants; sintered metals; and hard chrome process. At its peak, BSA was the largest motorcycle producer in the world. Loss of sales and poor investments in new products in the motorcycle division, which included Triumph Motorcycles, led to problems for the whole group.
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- firearms, ammunition, bicycles, motorcycles vehicles, and military equipment
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- Motorcycles bearing the brand BSA were briefly manufactured after 1979 by a business now known as BSA Regal
- BSA brand air rifles are manufactured in Birmingham by a subsidiary of Spanish manufacturer Gamo
- BSA brand Bicycles are currently manufactured and distributed in India by
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| Fate
| - Acquired 1973 by Manganese Bronze Holdings
- effectively bankrupt
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| - 1919(xsd:integer)
- Gun Quarter, Birmingham, England,
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| - Cycles and motorcycles: BSA Cycles, BSA Motor Cycles, New Hudson, Sunbeam Cycles, Ariel Motors, Triumph Engineering
- Fine steels: William Jessop & Sons, JJ Saville & Co, Bromley Fisher & Turton
- Machine and small tools: BSA Tools, Burton Griffiths & Co, BG Machinery
- Coal cleaning and sintering plant: The Birtley Co
- Firearms: BSA Guns
- Hard chrome process: Monochrome
- Iron castings: Cardiff Foundry and Engineering
- Motorcars, buses and bodies: Daimler Group
- Sintered metals: Metal & Plastic Compacts
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| - The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was a British manufacturer of vehicles, firearms, and military equipment, and still exists as an airgun sport manufacturer and distributor. At its peak, BSA was the largest motorcycle producer in the world. Loss of sales and poor investments in new products in the motorcycle division, which included Triumph Motorcycles, led to problems for the whole group.
- The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited, BSA was a major industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms; bicycles; motorcycles; cars; buses and bodies; steel; iron castings; hand, power, and machine tools; coal cleaning and handling plants; sintered metals; and hard chrome process. At its peak, BSA was the largest motorcycle producer in the world. Loss of sales and poor investments in new products in the motorcycle division, which included Triumph Motorcycles, led to problems for the whole group. A government organized rescue operation in 1973 led to the takeover of remaining operations by what is now Manganese Bronze Holdings, then owners of Norton-Villiers, and over the following decade further closures and dispersals. The original company, The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited, remains a subsidiary of Manganese Bronze but its name was changed in 1987. Manganese Bronze continues to operate former BSA subsidiary Carbodies, now known as LTI Limited, manufacturers of London Taxicabs and the largest wholly British owned car manufacturer.
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