By the 1950s , Birdsboro Steel had facilities throughout southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware . It was around this time operations for uranium and plutonium metal enrichment for military construction of nuclear weapons such as the likes of Castle Bravo , The Ivy Bombs , as well as nuclear reactors began . The facilities for enrichment were located outside of Birdsboro near the community of Gibraltar as well as Buffalo , New York . during this time Birdsboro Steel began to make deals with Pittsburgh based Mesta Machine Company . In their talks they discussed plans to copy right and patent products they produced such as cooling beds . That way , both companies could corner the market with their products and have total control and say of the price . In 1956 both companies were found out and were sued by the United States Federal Government for price fixing and anti trust violations . During the court case , evidence was brought up regarding the plan to patent cooling beds ( heavy machinery for steel making ) and how it was not a unique product of Birdsboro nor Mesta since it was first patented in 1872 and had since been made by other machinery builders besides Birdsboro and Mesta . by 1960 , while the case was still in session , Birdsboro Steel Foundry and Machine Co reorganized for the final time as Birdsboro Corp. by 1963 both Birdsboro and Mesta were found guilty of price fixing and anti trust violations . Two years later in 1965 , a sentence was delivered stating that both Birdsboro and Mesta would have to pay fines up to $ 25,000 as well as personal fines up to $ 3,500
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