Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,639 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1776 Joseph Freeman and Son was formed to manufacture paint and printing ink
1920s the company started making paints for cement - named Cementone
1964 Beaver Group acquired Cementone
1993 Formed Cementone-Beaver which reversed into a listed company[1]
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