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1960 The name of Northern Aluminium Co was changed to Alcan Industries (or Alindustries)[1]. It was one of the subsidiaries of Alcan (U.K.)
1960 Installed new wide hot rolling mill at Rogerstone[2]
1964 Acquired Fishers Foils Ltd
1965 Acquired Polyfoil Papers Ltd
1965 Alcan Ltd acquired 25 percent interest in Unidare, which manufactured electrical cable and a wide range of equipment from aluminium and copper[3]
1965 Alcan and Pillar Holdings jointly acquired the share capital of Aston Stedall Aluminium Warehouses not previously owned by Pillar[4] and Polyfoil Papers[5]
1965 Formation of a joint venture between Pillar Holdings and Alcan Industries, called Architectural Aluminium, to exploit the use of aluminium in buildings in the UK; Pillar transferred to the new company its holdings in several companies[6]
1967 Acquired 90 percent of D. K. B. Electric Ltd, a maker of non-electrical aluminium wire for which Alcan was the major supplier[7]
1967 Alcan Aluminium of Montreal transferred its 3 British subsidiary companies into a new holding company Alcan Aluminium (UK) Ltd[8]
1968 Alcan Industries bought the 50 percent share in James Booth Aluminium owned by Delta Metal Co[9]
1969 Alindustries activities consisted of [10]:
1970 Formation of Alcan Booth Industries from merger of Alcan Industries and James Booth Aluminium[11]
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