Levinstein Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Levinstein, Ivan
- Levinstein & Co Ltd
- Bayer
- Agfa
- Meister Lucius & Bruning
- Claus & Co
- British Dyes Ltd
- British Dyestuffs Corp Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
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Chemical production
Dyes & pigments production
Notes:
Traced origins to Ivan Levinstein, 1845-1916, who in 1860s established an aniline dye works in Manchester. Incorporated 1890 as Levinstein & Co Ltd with support of Bayer and Agfa of Germany. Reorganised 1895 as Levinstein Ltd with diminished German support. Expanded rapidly 1914-18 to become UK's largest dye manufacturer when acquired plant of Meister Lucius & Bruning and firm of Claus & Co. 1919 merged with British Dyes Ltd to form British Dyestuffs Corp Ltd which in 1926 merged to create ICI Ltd
Publications:
- Dye Makers of Great Britain, 1856-1976. A history of chemists, companies, products and changes by Fox, Maurice R
- Four Years Work. The progress of the coal tar chemical industry in England during the war by Unknown
- 'Heinrich Caro and Ivan Levinstein. Uniting the colours of Ludwigshaften and Lancashire' in E Homburg et al (eds), The Chemical Industry in Europe, 1850-1914. Industrial growth, pollution and professionalization by Travis, Anthony S
- Knowledge and Competitive Advantage. The co-evolution of firms, technology and national institutions by Murmann, Johann P
- 'Levinstein Ltd' in M R Fox, Dye Makers by Fox, Maurice R
- Levinstein Ltd. Some reflections by Littlewood, E A
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Levinstein, Ivan
- Levinstein & Co Ltd
- Bayer
- Agfa
- Meister Lucius & Bruning
- Claus & Co
- British Dyes Ltd
- British Dyestuffs Corp Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
- Chemical production Dyes & pigments production
Notes:
Traced origins to Ivan Levinstein, 1845-1916, who in 1860s established an aniline dye works in Manchester. Incorporated 1890 as Levinstein & Co Ltd with support of Bayer and Agfa of Germany. Reorganised 1895 as Levinstein Ltd with diminished German support. Expanded rapidly 1914-18 to become UK's largest dye manufacturer when acquired plant of Meister Lucius & Bruning and firm of Claus & Co. 1919 merged with British Dyes Ltd to form British Dyestuffs Corp Ltd which in 1926 merged to create ICI LtdPublications:
- Dye Makers of Great Britain, 1856-1976. A history of chemists, companies, products and changes by Fox, Maurice R
- Four Years Work. The progress of the coal tar chemical industry in England during the war by Unknown
- 'Heinrich Caro and Ivan Levinstein. Uniting the colours of Ludwigshaften and Lancashire' in E Homburg et al (eds), The Chemical Industry in Europe, 1850-1914. Industrial growth, pollution and professionalization by Travis, Anthony S
- Knowledge and Competitive Advantage. The co-evolution of firms, technology and national institutions by Murmann, Johann P
- 'Levinstein Ltd' in M R Fox, Dye Makers by Fox, Maurice R
- Levinstein Ltd. Some reflections by Littlewood, E A