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 "title": "Goodwin Puts the Casting Division Behind Dreadnought and Type 26 Into Review, Rothschild Advising",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/goodwin-strategic-review-mechanical-engineering-division-sale-dreadnought-type-26-castings-rothschild/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/goodwin-strategic-review-mechanical-engineering-division-sale-dreadnought-type-26-castings-rothschild/",
 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-08-07T19:42:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-11T19:42:45.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStoke-on-Trent, 7 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Goodwin plc confirmed on 7 August that its board has begun a strategic review which may dispose of \"a substantial part\" of its mechanical engineering division — GSC, GI, Noreva, Easat and Pumps — with Rothschild and Co advising\n * The statement was issued under the heading \"Recent press speculation\", hours after the Financial Times reported that several buyout firms with defence records had lodged expressions of interest in recent weeks",
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