Manganese Bronze Holdings was reported that Geely would increase its shareholding in Manganese to 51% through participation in a placing of new shares. In August 2010 it was announced that Geely had decided not to proceed with the share placement and its shareholding in Manganeze would remain at just under 20%. In November 2010, LTI changed their trading name to "The London Taxi Company" to reflect the company's core business. Manganese entered administration on 22 October 2012 after failing to secure additional funding; PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) were appointed as the administrator. On 31 October PwC announced that 156 Manganese staff in the UK were
American Bronze Company American Bronze Company The American Bronze Company aka American White Bronze Company was a company that produced, and sold through trade catalogs, zinc (known as “white bronze”)statues and memorials. It was founded in about 1885, initially as a subsidiary of the Monumental Bronze Company. In 1892 the foundry, owned by Paul Cornell, was located in Grand Crossing, Illinois where Cornell owned a watch company. Around 1900 the company moved to in Chicago. The firm is best known for producing cemetery monuments and Civil War monuments, for both the Union and Confederate causes. “In the wake of the American Civil War,