Aero Research Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Cambridge Aeroplane Construction Co Ltd
- CIBA (ARL) Ltd
- De Bruyne, Norman
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Duxford, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Aeroengines & components production
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Chemical production
Paint, varnish, mastic, glue, resin, white lead, etc, production
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Rubber & plastic products manufacture
Plastic products manufacture
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Professional services
Research & development services
Notes:
Traced origins to Cambridge Aeroplane Construction Co, established in 1931 by Cambridge scientist, Norman de Bruyne, to design and construct aircraft. Developed as a consultancy and specialist research and development business at Duxford, registered as Aero Research Ltd in 1934. Especially focused on composite materials and adhesives for aircraft, its first branded product being Aerolite. Especially close to De Havilland. 1947 majority holding acquired by CIBA of Switzerland, subsequently renamed CIBA (ARL) Ltd and later subsumed into CIBA GEIGY (UK) Ltd
Publications:
- An early academic enterprise. A study of technology transfer by Garnsey, Elizabeth
- Duxford. A 70 year history of aero research and CIBA at Duxford, UK by Webb, Lionel
- 'Establishment and development of Aero Research Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Business Enterprise. Its growth and organisation by Grant, A G
- 'Modernizing industrial organic chemistry. Great Britain between two world wars' in A S Travis et al (eds), Determinants in the Evolution of the European Chemical Industry, 1900-1939 by Travis, Anthony S
- My Life by Bruyne, Norman de
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Cambridge Aeroplane Construction Co Ltd
- CIBA (ARL) Ltd
- De Bruyne, Norman
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Duxford, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Aeroengines & components production
- Chemical production Paint, varnish, mastic, glue, resin, white lead, etc, production
- Rubber & plastic products manufacture Plastic products manufacture
- Professional services Research & development services
Notes:
Traced origins to Cambridge Aeroplane Construction Co, established in 1931 by Cambridge scientist, Norman de Bruyne, to design and construct aircraft. Developed as a consultancy and specialist research and development business at Duxford, registered as Aero Research Ltd in 1934. Especially focused on composite materials and adhesives for aircraft, its first branded product being Aerolite. Especially close to De Havilland. 1947 majority holding acquired by CIBA of Switzerland, subsequently renamed CIBA (ARL) Ltd and later subsumed into CIBA GEIGY (UK) LtdPublications:
- An early academic enterprise. A study of technology transfer by Garnsey, Elizabeth
- Duxford. A 70 year history of aero research and CIBA at Duxford, UK by Webb, Lionel
- 'Establishment and development of Aero Research Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Business Enterprise. Its growth and organisation by Grant, A G
- 'Modernizing industrial organic chemistry. Great Britain between two world wars' in A S Travis et al (eds), Determinants in the Evolution of the European Chemical Industry, 1900-1939 by Travis, Anthony S
- My Life by Bruyne, Norman de