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ICI Petrochemicals and Plastics Division

From Graces Guide

of Nylon Chemical Works, Wilton, and Trafford Park, Manchester.

see ICI

1981 April: Merger between the petrochemicals and plastics businesses of ICI to form the new Division.[1]

1981 ICI restructured its heavy chemicals operations and decided to merge Mond Division plant at Bain Works, Teesside, into the Petrochemical and Plastics Division activities.[2]

1986 September: the ICI Chemicals and Polymers Group was created by merging Petrochemicals, Plastics, Fertilizers, General Chemicals, and Fibres.

1988 ICI Chemicals and Polymers Ltd started trading; it acquired the business and assets of the Chemicals and Polymers Group and its subsidiaries from ICI; it continued the businesses of the previous Agricultural, Fibres, Mond and Petrochemicals and Plastics Divisions of ICI[3]


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Sources of Information

  1. National Archives
  2. The Engineer 1981/05/28
  3. 1988 Annual report