Ellis and Everard
of 10 East Street, Leicester
1868 Supplied granite used for testing drills at the Royal Agricultural Show[1]
1869 Developed a new method of transporting stone from its quarry, which used an overhead wire carried on poles (presumably like a telpher)[2]
1890 The company was registered on 20 June, to acquire a business of coal and coke merchants. [3]
1963 Public company: successful sale of shares on the Birmingham exchange[4] Coal, agricultural and builders merchants.
1964/5 Acquired Dickinson and Son (Ashby) and Charles Forth and Son[5]
1968 Acquired A. W. Brook, chemical merchants of Leicester[6]
1971 Acquired G. F. Rippon and Co of Peterborough, builders merchants[7]
1978 Sold (presumably) the builders merchant operations to Travis and Arnold, builders merchants and timber importers[8]
By 1981 had become an industrial chemicals distributor; acquired a fine chemicals operation which became a division of the company[9]
Acquired Apperson Chemicals of USA. Also owned Prillaman, which focussed on solvents and petrochemicals.
By 1987 ICI held 28 percent of the shares[10]
1987 Acquired Cargo Fleet Chemicals, distributor of de-icers and anti-freeze.
By 1993 had moved to Bradford
2000 Acquired by Dutch logistics and distribution group Vopak in a deal valuing the company at £310 million.[11]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1868/07/24
- ↑ The Times Feb 24, 1869
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Times Dec 07, 1963
- ↑ The Times Sep 30, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Nov 05, 1968
- ↑ The Times, Feb 16, 1971
- ↑ The Times, Apr 23, 1980
- ↑ The Times, Jul 28, 1981
- ↑ The Times January 13, 1987
- ↑ The Independent 10 November 2000