Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 115342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 163,931 pages of information and 245,954 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.

Synthite

From Graces Guide
December 1937.
1940.
1950. Syncol.
October 1953. Syncol.
1956.

Synthite Ltd, of West Bromwich, later of Mold; makers of Syncol anti-freeze, formaldehyde and allied products, speciality chemicals

1920 Company founded in West Bromwich to produce resins; soon became a successful manufacturer of formaldehyde.

1928 Incorporated into the Charles Tennant Group.

1950 Formaldehyde production began at the newly acquired plant in Mold, North Wales.

1956 Maker of Syncol anti-freeze, Syntox rust remover, Synstryp paint remover (see advert)

1963 Distillers Co purchased 49% interest in the company.

1967 Distillers' interest sold to BP together with many of Distillers other chemical interests[1].

1991 All production moved to North Wales.

2004 (November) British Industrial Plastics was acquired by Synthite Limited, the UK's leading manufacturer of formaldehyde and a member of the Tennants Consolidated group. Renamed BIP (Oldbury)

See Also

Loading...

Sources of Information

  1. The Times 1 April 1967
  • Synthite website [1]