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 167,647 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Rexmore

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of Liverpool, converter of textiles and PVC products (1967)

of Liverpool, fabric importer and timber merchant (1989)

1964 Became a public company. The chairman is Abraham Rosenblatt.[1]

1965 The principal subsidiary was J. H. Porter and Co[2]

1967 Acquired Tunley Holdings and its subsidiary P. H. Haydock, and West Dowels and Mouldings Ltd[3]

1970 Rexmore acquired John Unerman and Sons and John Singleton[4]

1972 Sold its interests in Tunley Holdings. The associated company Cellofoam was making losses[5]

1973 Acquired Margo Fabrics and its subsidiary Team Valley Weaving Industries[6]

1976 Sold Newage Kitchens to its management[7]

1976 Sold its interests in Unerman Holdings[8]

1977 Acquired J. Rosenthal and Sons[9]

1980 Sold its Blackburn plant which made woven polystyrene for upholstery[10]

1983 Sold its narrow fabrics division, British Trimmings, to Berisfords[11]

1989 Disposed of its Waldmans and Rosenthal businesses[12]

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Sources of Information

  1. Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition) - Friday 03 July 1964
  2. The Times May 10, 1965
  3. The Times Apr. 10, 1967
  4. The Times Jan. 14, 1970
  5. The Times June 2, 1972
  6. The Times Oct. 16, 1973
  7. The Times Apr. 8, 1976
  8. The Times Aug. 12, 1976
  9. The Times Nov. 30, 1977
  10. The Times Dec. 8, 1980
  11. The Times Jan. 28, 1983
  12. The Times Nov. 22, 1989