Ideal-Standard
of Ideal House, Great Marlborough House, London, W1.
of Kingston-upon-Hull
Presumably was previously Ideal Boilers and Radiators
1961 Ideal-Standard shares traded on the Stock Exchange[1]
1963 Offered a low-line bath for the home[2]
1965 Annual results noted that the company was controlled by American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation[3]. Introduced gas warm air heating which could also be used for air conditioning in summer[4]
1968 Ideal-Standard of Hull acquired Valor's cisterns, bathroom and soil pipe businesses[5]; these plastics companies would continue to operate as separate businesses
1968 Joint venture formed with Marshall and Anderson to make and sell high pressure and low pressure steel boilers[6]
1970 Exited steel radiators when sold the business, acquired with Copperad, to Steel Radiators Ltd[8].
1970 Announced development of a commercial boiler for the European market, which had been constructed in integrated fashion on a single site, a first for this business [9]. Sold Soilpipes to Bartol Plastics[10]
1974 Sold Copperad to Myson[11]
1976 Sold the domestic and industrial boiler business to Metal Box Co[12].
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Nov 03, 1961
- ↑ The Times, Nov 25, 1963
- ↑ The Times, Mar 08, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Nov 15, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Mar 11, 1968
- ↑ The Times, Jun 28, 1968
- ↑ The Times, May 24, 1969
- ↑ The Times, Jan 08, 1970
- ↑ The Times, Jun 18, 1970
- ↑ The Times, Sep 14, 1970
- ↑ The Times, Sep 24, 1974
- ↑ The Times, Jun 12, 1976