with the disintegration of the ussr after 1989, it was agreed that rocket work should be sold to royal ordnance, and the transfer was signed on 28 june 1991. fewer than 200 employees remained on the banwell site, and the main production was via the coatings activity, providing a range of both thermally sprayed and electroplated (tribomet©) coatings for both aerospace and industrial applications. particular success was gained in later years via the development of a novel plated turbine abrasive tip coatings which helped with the reduction of clearance between the turbine blade and casing in a typical gas turbine engine. after a period 1993-6 when the bristol aero collection occupied shop no 1, the works were finally closed and meggitt aerospace moved elsewhere in weston super mare finally selling the coatings business to praxair surface technologies. the factory was demolished in october 1998 by wimpey ltd, to be replaced by 173 new houses in the hamlet of elborough.