# Smethwick Drop Forge Limited (04336153)

> Why UK company 04336153 went into administration, from the administrators' statement filed at Companies House, by companydig. Interactive version: https://companydig.co.uk/company/04336153

- **Status:** Administration ended
- **Administration began:** 2016-11-28
- **Administrators:** Mark Jeremy Orton, Christopher Robert Pole
- **Administrators' firm:** KPMG
- **Incorporated:** 2001-12-07
- **Location:** Birmingham
- **Industry:** 25500 Forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy

## Why it went into administration

- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Sustained trading losses
- Competition / price pressure

## From the administrators' statement

The Company was incorporated in Dec 2001

The business specialised in forging, stamping and pressing aluminium, carbon steels and stainless steel and predominantly serviced the automotive industry tn both the UK and internationally

The Company had 43 employees and operated from a site in Kidderminster under an informal tenancy agreement

Statement of proposals: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04336153/filing-history/MzE2Nzg4Mzc1NmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
Companies House register: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04336153

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