Birmingham Small Arms Company

major British industrial combine
Organization public_limited_company Q686178
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Birmingham Small Arms Company

Summary

Birmingham Small Arms Company is a public limited company[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of public_limited_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (769 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Birmingham Small Arms Company is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's image is recorded as The couple in front of BSA Factory in Birmingham .jpg[4].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's instance of is recorded as public limited company[5].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's logo image is recorded as BSA piled rifles.png[6].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's follows is recorded as Ariel Motorcycles[7].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's followed by is recorded as Norton Villiers Triumph[8].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's headquarters location is recorded as Birmingham[9].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's ISNI is recorded as 0000000107303985[10].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158286703[11].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's GND ID is recorded as 130629-7[12].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81086853[13].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Daimler Company[14].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Lanchester Motor Company[15].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's child organization or unit is recorded as BSA cars[16].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's child organization or unit is recorded as The Churchill Machine Tool Company[17].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Jessop Saville & Company[18].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's child organization or unit is recorded as et cetera[19].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's Commons category is recorded as Birmingham Small Arms Company[20].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's industry is recorded as manufacture of weapons and ammunition[21].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's industry is recorded as manufacture of metal forming machinery[22].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's industry is recorded as Manufacture of motorcycles[23].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's industry is recorded as machinery industry and plant construction[24].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's industry is recorded as weapons industry[25].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's industry is recorded as vehicle construction[26].
  • Birmingham Small Arms Company's industry is recorded as automotive industry[27].

Body

Founding

+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Birmingham Small Arms Company[28]. Its location of formation is recorded as Gun Quarter[29].

Identity

Birmingham Small Arms Company's follows is recorded as Ariel Motorcycles[7]. Its followed by is recorded as Norton Villiers Triumph[8]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'BSA'}[30].

Operations

Birmingham Small Arms Company's headquarters location is recorded as Birmingham[9]. Subsidiaries include Daimler Company[14], an automobile manufacturer[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1896[33], headquartered in Coventry[34]; Lanchester Motor Company[15], a business[35], in United Kingdom[36], founded in 1899[37], headquartered in Birmingham[38]; BSA cars[16], a car brand[39], founded in 1907[40]; The Churchill Machine Tool Company[17], a business[41], in United Kingdom[42], founded in 1901[43], headquartered in Manchester[44]; Jessop Saville & Company[18], a business[45], in United Kingdom[46], founded in 1929[47], headquartered in Sheffield[48]; and et cetera[19], a Latin phrase[49].

Industry

Industries include manufacture of weapons and ammunition[21], manufacture of metal forming machinery[22], Manufacture of motorcycles[23], machinery industry and plant construction[24], weapons industry[25], and vehicle construction[26].

Ownership

Products include firearm[50], ammunition[51], bicycle[52], motorcycle[53], vehicle[54], and military equipment[55].

Dissolution

Birmingham Small Arms Company was dissolved in +1973-00-00T00:00:00Z[56].

Why It Matters

Birmingham Small Arms Company ranks in the top 7% of public_limited_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (769 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

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  10. [12] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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