In 1956, the
Steel Company of Wales opened a
tinplate works at Felindre to complement new facilities at
Port Talbot and
Trostre. In 1967, the Steel Company of Wales was nationalised, becoming part of
British Steel Corporation, which inherited the additional tinplate works at
Ebbw Vale Steelworks. By 1970, Felindre works employed 2,500 people and was producing 490,000 tonnes of tinplate per annum. Having already closed the tinplate works at Port Talbot, on review of the three remaining tinplate plants within its South Wales division, in December 1980 it was decided to close the site at Felindre. In March 1981, 1,300 people were made redundant, though 138 were found jobs at Trostre, leaving 768 on site. Production was run down until 1989, when another 108 were given jobs at Trostre. The grounds of the former
steelworks played host to the
National Eisteddfod 2006. ==Sport==