Chivers & Sons Ltd

Sectors:

  • Food & tobacco processing Food canning & bottling
  • Food & tobacco processing Fruit & vegetables processing & preserving
  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Metal packaging inc cans production

Notes:

Traced origins to Stephen Chivers, a farmer who acquired an orchard in the 1850s. Started jam production in 1873 and soon after diversified into other foods such as mincemeat and lemonade. Developed into a major food processing, especially conserve production, business. Introduced innovative canning technology and in 1895 Europe's first large scale canning enterprise. Incorporated 1901. 1959 acquired by Schweppes Ltd and subsequently known as Chivers Hartley

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