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Company: FIRTH RIXSON METALS LTD
Current Parent Company: Howmet Aerospace
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement: Arconic
Recap of Ownership Changes: In 2019 Arconic split into Arconic Corp. and Howmet Aerospace.
Company City/Town: Glossop
Company Nation/Region: England
Company Number: 138691
Penalty: £80,000
Year: 2017
Date: 6 December, 2017
Offence Group: environment-related offences
Offence Type: environmental violation
Violation Description: Firth Rixson were fined £80,000 after pleading guilty to polluting a watercourse in Glossop after over 600 litres of a solution of hydrochloric acid and caustic soda ended up in the watercourse near Shelf Brook resulting in 199 dead brown trout
Action Type: agency action
Settlement Type: Prosecution
Case Number: 36163
Agency: Environment Agency
HQ Country of Parent: United States
Ownership Structure of Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent: aerospace and military contracting
Specific Industry of Parent: aerospace components
Source of Data: Contained in data received in response to a Freedom of Information request for a spreadsheet version of data contained in the Environment Agency Public Register at (click here)