Rubery Owen, Bean Industries
http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/Tipton/Bean/Cars.htm , H J Barlow nut and bolt manufacturers etc. ,just a few names and suppliers to the car industry were all just a short distance away, when I lived in the Midlands. Now all gone and the sites levelled and transformed into housing estates. Sad end to it all and with it all the wealth generation and employment opportunities. Like many industrial conurbations, its often hard to understand these days (as its all gone) as to what was produced, in what was once one of the largest industrial wealth generating areas in the world.
What will hopefully keep Morgan going is a continual process of quality improvement and an exciting model line-up, The up coming death of the ICE and not as yet known how Morgan will create an unique selling proposition car with EV running gear amongst a massively competitive and innovative market. Where increasing use of technology becomes the accepted norm even for the most mundane of EV vehicles and even the most established of car manufacturers are struggling against the rising might of the Chinese..
