Standard Fireworks Ltd

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  • Chemical production Pyrotechnics production inc flares, fireworks, rockets, etc

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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

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