Birmingham Small Arms Company
This article is about the 1861–1973 UK manufacturer. For the motorcycle manufacturer with legitimate rights to the name, see B.S.A. Company. The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) Former type Listed company Fate Remainder acquired 1973 by Manganese Bronze Holdings Founded Gun Quarter, Birmingham, England, 1861 Defunct 1973 Headquarters Birmingham , UK Key people J.D. Goodman (Chairman 1863–1900) Sir Hallewell Rogers (Chairman 1906–28) Dudley Docker, Sir Bernard Docker (Chairman 1940–56) Jack Sangster (Chairman 1956–61) Products firearms ammunition bicycles motorcycles vehicles military equipment Subsidiaries Firearms BSA Guns Cycles and motorcycles BSA Cycles BSA Motor Cycles New Hudson Sunbeam Cycles Ariel Motors Triumph Engineering Motorcars, buses and bodies The Daimler Company The Lanchester Motor Company Transport Vehicles (Daimler) BSA cars Iron castings Car