Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of Hythe, Kent
1967 Portland Plastics, part of Smiths Industries, changed its name to Portex
1996 Acquired Simcare Ltd and Simcare Manufacturing Ltd[1]
1996 Renamed Sims Portex
Later was part of Smiths Group
2001 Changed name to Portex
2004 Name changed to Smiths Medical International; acquired Pneupac and Graseby Medical from Smiths Group[2]
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