Bunzl
of London.
Manufacturers and distributors of fine papers.
1854 Moritz Bunzl founded a haberdashery business in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. He later moved to Austria and began manufacturing paper.
1936 Bunzl and Blach (British) Ltd was incorporated as a private company
1938 Company relocates to London, England due to political upheaval in Central Europe which resulted in the seizure of the company's pulp and paper mills in Austria.
1940 Tissue Papers incorporated as a Limited Company. [1]
1949 Bunzl Textile Co Ltd was incorporated as a private company for taking over and developing the grey cloth business of Bunzl and Blach (British)[2]
1951 Company name changed to Bunzl Pulp and Paper. [1]
1954 Bunzl Textile Holdings was incorporated as a private company to acquire the whole of Bunzl and Blach (British) and Bunzl Textile Co. It was then converted into a public company.
1957 Converted to a Public Limited Company. [1]
1957 Main subsidiaries:[1]
- Wycombe Marsh Paper Mills
- Cigarette Components
- Bunzl Pulp and Paper (Sales)
- Rolex Paper Co
- British Crepemakers and Paper Products
1988 Sold York Trailers. Sold its mineral subsidiaries, Microfine Minerals and Chemicals and Dupre Vermiculite to Fergusson Wild and Co[3]