Camrex
of Sunderland, maker of a range of marine and industrial paints.
c.1907 Company incorporated[1] - presumably Alex. Cameron and Sons
1936 Notice concerning the estate of the late Mr. ALEXANDER CAMERON, Deceased, late of "Wodencroft," Linden Road, Gosforth, in the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Managing Director of Alex. Cameron & Sons Ltd., of Camrex House, Sunderland, Paint and Grease Manufacturers and General Merchants.[2]
1951 Products:
- Camrex - Non oxidising paint.
- Camerine - Deep tank paint.
- Camlac - Marine enamel paint.
- Cameron's - Ships bottom compositions.
1959 Death of Percy Blumer Cameron, chairman and managing director of Camrex Paints[3]
1966 Incorporation as public company Camrex (Holdings) Ltd, previously Alex Cameron and Sons[4]. Agreed to market specialised coatings developed by Rolls-Royce[5]
1978 The son and grandson of the founder were removed from their positions as directors of the company and new chairman and chief executive were appointed[6]
1980 As the climax to internal arguments, a former chairman tried to remove his successor.
1983 Hawley Group held 28.5 percent of the shares which it sold to Ruberoid Co which then acquired Camrex[7]
1985 Canadian Pacific brought a suit against Camrex over the treatment of 4 ships in 1979[8]. Ruberoid closed the British company but the subsidiary company in the Netherlands would continue to paint ships and might win contracts from British yards[9]