Baggeridge Brick

Baggeridge Brick was a main British manufacturer of bricks, and was the UK's fourth-largest manufacturer of bricks. It is now a subsidiary of Wienerberger AG.

History
Baggeridge Brick Company was founded near Baggeridge Country Park in Staffordshire. It was incorporated on 7 April 1944. It first began making bricks in Worcestershire.

It was headquartered in Gospel End in South Staffordshire.

Ownership
In August 2007 the company was taken over for £89.2m by the Austrian company Wienerberger AG, the world’s largest producer of bricks, after the prospective bid had been referred to the UK Competition Commission.

Structure
The resulting company is now headquartered in south Manchester.