Morton Sundour Fabrics
of Carlisle.
1914 Founded by Alexander Morton (1844-1923) and continued by his son Sir James Morton
1914 Company registered. Morton Sundour Fabrics. Textile manufacturers and mill owners.[1]
1914 Established a dye making works in Carlisle which, in 1917, was separated from the company as Solway Dyes Co[2]
1925 Mr. James Morton, governing director Morton Sundour Fabrics, Ltd., Carlisle.[3]
1935 Courtaulds took an interest in Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd., with which it had been collaborating in the development of a new process.[4]
1944 A new warp knitting machine was released, based on extensive experiments carried out by the late Sir James Morton and perfected by F.N.F., Ltd., a company jointly operated by Courtaulds, Ltd., and Morton Sundour Fabrics, Ltd.[5]
1996 Ceased trading