of Stanlow, Ellesmere Port and Billingham, Cleveland and Wrexham Road, Slough.
part of ICI
1971 ICI Dyestuffs Division merged with parts of the Nobel Division (taking over responsibility for the Ardeer works at this time) to become known as the Organics Division. Dyestuffs became relatively less important, and the Division shifted to other areas of "fine" chemical manufacture.
1974 Opened new research facilities at Blackley, at the Hexagon Tower, a thirteen storey building designed by Richard Seifert.
The Division continued to perform well, in contrast to ICI's heavy chemicals and plastics operations.
During the 1980s ICI pursued a strategy focussed on food and fragrance chemicals, as well as paints.
Merged with other specialty chemical producers to create ICI Colours and Fine Chemicals,
1991 the Division was renamed ICI Specialties.