Guthrie Industries
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Guthrie Industries was the management company responsible for the operation of the businesses of the Guthrie Corporation
1967 Guthrie Corporation merged the carpet manufacturing interests of it subsidiary Lintafoam Industries into one unit based at Stewart Mill, Dundee (the factory of Marshall and Brush); operations at Dundee Carpet Works would cease; machinery that had been planned to be installed at Windsford, Cheshire would be installed at Stewart Mill, ensuring continuity of employment for Tribute Carpets employees and expanding production of Wilton carpets[1]
1969 Acquired James Templeton and Co. Claimed to be the country's second largest carpet maker; split into two divisions:[2]
- Carpets and floor coverings, with 15 factories making Axminster, Wilton and tufted carpets
- Rubber manufacturing and textiles, which had 7 plants including Lintafoam
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