ICI Ltd

Sectors:

  • Chemical production Agro & veterinary chemicals production
  • Mechanical engineering Armaments & ammunition production exc warships, aircraft, cannon, hand guns and cartridges, swords, etc
  • Chemical production Basic chemicals production
  • Chemical production Dyes & pigments production
  • Chemical production Explosives & fuses production
  • Chemical production Fertiliser production inc guano
  • Chemical production Man made & artificial fibre production
  • Chemical production Paint, varnish, mastic, glue, resin, white lead, etc, production
  • Chemical production Pharmaceutical production & research
  • Chemical production Plastic production

Notes:

Formed in 1926 as Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd through the merger of Brunner Mond & Co Ltd, Nobel's Explosives Ltd, United Alkali Co Ltd and British Dyestuffs Corp Ltd. Then made, inter alia, explosives, dyestuffs, fertilisers, insecticides and paints as well as basic chemicals. Major sites at Runcorn, Witton and Billingham. Developed into new areas such as pharmaceuticals, plastics, man made fibres [British Nylon Spinners Ltd]. Demerged pharmaceuticals business into Zeneca Plc in 1993 and disposed of basic chemical interests to Ineos Group in 2001. 2008, when largely a paints and speciality chemicals manufacturer, acquired by Akzo Nobel. For many years UK's largest manufacturing business

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