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According to the source below, Spear & Jackson effectively took over Elwell's facilities in 1970, and they closed in late 2005.
A one-sentence summary:
Around 1930, the ownership of Elwell and Chillington combined under a holding company, which was later purchased by Eva Industries in 1962, and then combined with part of Spear and Jackson to form Spearwell Tools in 1967, which was jointly owned until Spear and Jackson acquired the whole group in 1970, when it effectively took over Elwell's facility at Wednesbury, keeping it producing tools until the factory closed at Christmas 2005.
The original source:
"Around 1930 Edward Elwell Limited and the Chillington Tool Company of Wolverhampton combined and formed a holding company; Edge Tool Industries Limited, and in 1937 the firm displayed a range of tools at the British Industries Fair, including agricultural tools, axes, billhooks, choppers, cleavers, earth borers, edge tools, forks, foundry ladles, hammers, hatchets, hoes, horticultural tools, matchets, picks, road contractors' tools, shovels, spades, and slashers.
In 1962 Eva Industries acquired Edge Tool Industries Limited, and in 1967 Spearwell Tools was formed to merge the gardening and agricultural interests of Spear and Jackson and Eva Industries.
Spearwell Tools was jointly owned by the 2 companies, but after several years of losses, Spear and Jackson acquired the whole group, taking over Wednesbury Forge in 1970. In 1995 the company became Spear and Jackson plc.
Wednesbury Forge continued to produce tools until Christmas 2005, when the factory closed. The administrative, warehousing and maintenance sections continued to operate throughout part of 2006. In 2007 the buildings were demolished, and the site cleared."
from A History of Wednesbury by Bev Parker
http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/Wednesbury/Industry.htm