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George Cohen, Sons and Company was a scrap metal merchant with offices in Commercial Road, London. The company was founded by George Henry Cohen (d.1890)〔"(Finding My Face )", ''B-J News 19'', 26 July 2010〕 as Messrs. George Cohen & Co. in 1834〔"Company Meetings", ''The Times'', Sep 27, 1947, p.9〕 and changed its name to George Cohen, Sons and Co. in 1883 on the appointment of Michael Cohen, son of the founder.〔"Money Market & City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Jan 1, 1883, p.11〕 After the First World War the company won a number of large contracts to dispose of surplus munitions including "400,000 tons of high explosives and other shells".〔"Big Sale of War Stocks", ''The Times'', June 13, 1923, p.9〕 The company also engaged in demolition work, with projects including the towers of Crystal Palace,〔"Towers Of Crystal Palace To Go", June 25, 1940, ''The Times'', p.4〕 which had survived the great fire, the Dome of Discovery and Skylon at the Festival of Britain, and London's tram system. In 1940 the company moved its head offices to Hammersmith.〔"Miscellaneous Notices", ''The Times'', Oct 22, 1940, p.8〕 In 1956 a holding company, 'The George Cohen 600 Group Limited',〔"Company Meetings", ''The Times'', Sept 26, 1956, p.16〕 was formed to control the original company and its many subsidiaries. The '600 Group' name, derived from the company first address, 600 Commercial Road, had been in informal use since 1945 or earlier.〔"Lord Mayor's Mansion House Appeal for the Royal and Merchant Navies & Fishing Fleets", ''The Times'', June 20, 1945, p.7〕 In 1970 the '600 Group' set up a joint venture, 'Six Hundred Metal Holdings', with Thorn Electrical Industries to operate the two companies' metal-handling businesses.〔"Bids, Deals & Mergers", ''The Times'', Apr 14, 1970, p.29〕 In 1975 the company name was changed to 'The 600 Group Limited', and in 1981 to 'The 600 Group PLC'.〔("The 600 Group PLC - Approval of waiver of obligation under Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, related party transactions, capital reorganisation and notice of General Meeting" )〕 In 1987 George Cohen, Sons and Company was renamed to GCS (Steels) Limited,〔WebCHeck service of Companies House〕 part of the 600 Group. The scrap metal business was acquired by Monks Ferry (Ship Breaking) Ltd. of St. Helens near Warrington in Merseyside..〔("THE COMMISSION AUTHORISES MONKS FERRY (SHIP BREAKING) LTD. TO ACQUIRE THE SCRAP METAL BUSINESS OF GEORGE COHEN SONS & COMPANY LTD" ), European Commission Press Releases Database, IP/87/332, accessed 2013-09-12〕 The head office of GCS Steels was based at Stanningley Works, off Town Street in Stanningley Leeds. This site operated up until its closure in 1999. The site covered approximately 14 acres of land and had also been the base of several other companies that operated under the banner of the 600 Group. In the hey day of the metals trades the site had its own shunting line to transport large quantities of steel products. In 2013 GCS Steels (Gosport) closed, and GCS Steels became a subsidiary of Pyramid Trading Limited.〔("About Us" ), GCS Steels (Gosport), accessed 2014-04-18〕 == Subsidiary companies == The following companies were members of the '600 Group' at some time. This information was obtained from the company's annual reports published in ''The Times'' newspaper. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Cohen, Sons and Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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