Bombay Burmah Trading Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Wallace Brothers
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Burma
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Mumbia, India
- Thailand
Sectors:
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
General trading co & agency house activities
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Extraction
Oil & gas extraction
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Agriculture & fishing
Plantation management, rubber
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Agriculture & fishing
Plantation management, tea
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Agriculture & fishing
Timber production & forestry management
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
Timber trading & trade
Notes:
Traced origins to 1863 when established by Wallace Brothers of London and Burma as a public company in India to hold their interests in their Burma teak business and finance its expansion. 1890s expanded into Thailand timber trade. Subsequently diversified into other commodity production including oil extraction and rubber cultivation in Indonesia and tea cultivation in India. Continues as an Indian owned and registered business
Publications:
- Bombay Burmah Trading Corp Ltd, 1863-1963 by Pointon, Arnold C
- Bombay Burmah Trading Corp Ltd in Burmah, Siam and Java. The teak, the cutting and marketing by Andrews, Ernest
- British Firms and the Economy of Burma with Special Reference to the Rice and Teak Industries, 1917-1937 by Diokno, M S I
- History of the Bombay Burmah Trading Corp Ltd, 1864-1910 by Macaulay, R H
- 'Strength of Western capital. The teak trade' in in R A Brown, Capital and Entrepreneurship in South East Asia by Brown, Rajeswary A
- 'The 'Old Aunts'. Government, politicians and the oil business' in J Turner (ed), Businessmen and Politics. Studies of business activity in British politics, 1900-1945 by Jones, Geoffrey
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Wallace Brothers
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Burma
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Mumbia, India
- Thailand
Sectors:
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading co & agency house activities
- Extraction Oil & gas extraction
- Agriculture & fishing Plantation management, rubber
- Agriculture & fishing Plantation management, tea
- Agriculture & fishing Timber production & forestry management
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland Timber trading & trade
Notes:
Traced origins to 1863 when established by Wallace Brothers of London and Burma as a public company in India to hold their interests in their Burma teak business and finance its expansion. 1890s expanded into Thailand timber trade. Subsequently diversified into other commodity production including oil extraction and rubber cultivation in Indonesia and tea cultivation in India. Continues as an Indian owned and registered businessPublications:
- Bombay Burmah Trading Corp Ltd, 1863-1963 by Pointon, Arnold C
- Bombay Burmah Trading Corp Ltd in Burmah, Siam and Java. The teak, the cutting and marketing by Andrews, Ernest
- British Firms and the Economy of Burma with Special Reference to the Rice and Teak Industries, 1917-1937 by Diokno, M S I
- History of the Bombay Burmah Trading Corp Ltd, 1864-1910 by Macaulay, R H
- 'Strength of Western capital. The teak trade' in in R A Brown, Capital and Entrepreneurship in South East Asia by Brown, Rajeswary A
- 'The 'Old Aunts'. Government, politicians and the oil business' in J Turner (ed), Businessmen and Politics. Studies of business activity in British politics, 1900-1945 by Jones, Geoffrey