Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,649 pages of information and 247,065 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Joseph Freeman and Son

From Graces Guide

of Grove Works, Lombard-road, Battersea, London

1776 Joseph Freeman and Son was formed to manufacture paint and printing ink

1887 Joseph B. Freeman and Co exhibited white lead-based paint

1897 H. C. Browning was admitted as a partner in Joseph Freeman, Sons and Co[1]

1920s the company started making paints for cement - named Cementone

1946 Joseph Freeman, Sons and Co of Cementone Works, London SW 18[2]

1964 Beaver Group acquired Cementone

1993 Formed Cementone-Beaver[3]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Jan 01, 1897
  2. The Times May 06, 1946
  3. The Times, December 18, 1993