Standard Fireworks Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Greenhaigh, James
- Scottish Heritable Trust Plc
- Brocks Fireworks Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Chemical production
Pyrotechnics production inc flares, fireworks, rockets, etc
Notes:
Established at Huddersfield in 1891 by James Greenhalgh, then a wholesale draper. Post 1918 opened factories at South Elmsall and South Kirkby. Became a public company in 1959. 1986 acquired from Greenhalgh family by Scottish Heritable Trust Plc of York and in 1987 merged with Brocks Fireworks Ltd to become the leading UK pyrotechnics producer. 1998 acquired by Chinese owners when manufacturing discontinued
Publications:
- Standard Fireworks Centenary, 1891-1991 by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Greenhaigh, James
- Scottish Heritable Trust Plc
- Brocks Fireworks Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Chemical production Pyrotechnics production inc flares, fireworks, rockets, etc
Notes:
Established at Huddersfield in 1891 by James Greenhalgh, then a wholesale draper. Post 1918 opened factories at South Elmsall and South Kirkby. Became a public company in 1959. 1986 acquired from Greenhalgh family by Scottish Heritable Trust Plc of York and in 1987 merged with Brocks Fireworks Ltd to become the leading UK pyrotechnics producer. 1998 acquired by Chinese owners when manufacturing discontinuedPublications:
- Standard Fireworks Centenary, 1891-1991 by Unknown