Nairn, Michael, & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Nairn, Michael
- Nairn, Sir Michael
- Greenwich Inlaid Linoleum Co Ltd
- Nairn, Michael, & Greenwich Ltd
- Williamson, James, & Son Ltd
- Nairn Williamson Ltd
- Unilever Ltd
- Scottish Floor Cloth Manufactory
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Kirkcaldy, Fife, Fife, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Textile production
Canvas, etc, production inc ship sails, tents, sacks, etc
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Textile production
Carpet, rugs, etc, production
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Textile production
Linoleum & floorcloth production
Notes:
Traced origins to the substantial canvas, including ship canvas, making business established by the Michael Nairn, 1804-1858. Also supplied canvas to local and distant floorcloth makers. 1840s diversified into making floorcloth with establishment of Scottish Floor Cloth Manufactory. Business substantially developed by (Sir) Michael Nairn, 1838-1915, into a major floorcloth and, from 1870s, linoleum producer. Incorporated 1893. Developed early manufacturing plant in USA and Germany. 1922 acquired Greenwich Inlaid Linoleum Co Ltd of London to become Michael Nairn & Greenwich Ltd. and Fife Linoleum Co Ltd. Subsequently merged with James Williamson & Son Ltd of Lancaster to form Nairn Williamson Ltd which in 1975 was acquired by Unilever Ltd
Publications:
- Lord Linoleum. Lord Ashton, Lancaster and the rise of the British oilcloth and linoleum industry by Gooderson, Philip J
- Nairns, 1939-1945. An account of the wartime activities of Michael Nairn & Co Ltd of Kirkcaldy by Unknown
- Nairns of Kirkcaldy. A short history of the company, 1847-1956 by Muir, Augustus
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Nairn, Michael
- Nairn, Sir Michael
- Greenwich Inlaid Linoleum Co Ltd
- Nairn, Michael, & Greenwich Ltd
- Williamson, James, & Son Ltd
- Nairn Williamson Ltd
- Unilever Ltd
- Scottish Floor Cloth Manufactory
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Kirkcaldy, Fife, Fife, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Textile production Canvas, etc, production inc ship sails, tents, sacks, etc
- Textile production Carpet, rugs, etc, production
- Textile production Linoleum & floorcloth production
Notes:
Traced origins to the substantial canvas, including ship canvas, making business established by the Michael Nairn, 1804-1858. Also supplied canvas to local and distant floorcloth makers. 1840s diversified into making floorcloth with establishment of Scottish Floor Cloth Manufactory. Business substantially developed by (Sir) Michael Nairn, 1838-1915, into a major floorcloth and, from 1870s, linoleum producer. Incorporated 1893. Developed early manufacturing plant in USA and Germany. 1922 acquired Greenwich Inlaid Linoleum Co Ltd of London to become Michael Nairn & Greenwich Ltd. and Fife Linoleum Co Ltd. Subsequently merged with James Williamson & Son Ltd of Lancaster to form Nairn Williamson Ltd which in 1975 was acquired by Unilever LtdPublications:
- Lord Linoleum. Lord Ashton, Lancaster and the rise of the British oilcloth and linoleum industry by Gooderson, Philip J
- Nairns, 1939-1945. An account of the wartime activities of Michael Nairn & Co Ltd of Kirkcaldy by Unknown
- Nairns of Kirkcaldy. A short history of the company, 1847-1956 by Muir, Augustus