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Bunzl

From Graces Guide

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]

1988 Sold York Trailers. Sold its mineral subsidiaries, Microfine Minerals and Chemicals and Dupre Vermiculite to Fergusson Wild and Co[3]

See Also

Sources of Information

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Times, June 17, 1957
  2. The Times Nov. 24, 1954
  3. The Times Sept. 6, 1988