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Howie, Robert, & Sons Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Howie, Robert

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Dunlop, East Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland

Sectors:

  • Food & tobacco processing Animal feed production
  • Wood, straw, etc, products manufacture Carpentry products inc hand turning, planing, preserving, sawing, etc
  • Food & tobacco processing Grain milling inc flour, starch & glucose products
  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Grain, flour, malt, etc, distribution inc corn merchants
  • Wood, straw, etc, products manufacture Other wood products manufacture
  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Timber & timber products distribution inc timber merchants
  • Wood, straw, etc, products manufacture Wood sawing inc sawyers

Notes:

Traces origins to 1850 when Robert Howie established himself as a joiner and cartwright. 1883 known as Robert Howie & Sons. Developed early interests in grain milling/animal feeding stuffs, saw milling and wood products manufacture and, after 1945, in piggeries, poultry, etc. 1921 referred to as 'grain and timber merchants'. Incorporated 1946 and converted to an unlimited company in 1968

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