Tennant Group
Various companies had grown from the business originally established by Charles Tennant in 1788.
1930 Tennants Consolidated Ltd was incorporated
1930 The Tennant companies were consolidated under the name of the Tennant Group of companies[1].
1931 Tennants Consolidated acquired Charles Tennant and Co
1946 Advert: Tennant Group comprised:
- Charles Tennant and Co Ltd (Glagow and Belfast)
- Charles Tennant and Co (Eire) Ltd (Dublin)
- C. Tennant Sons and Co Ltd (London)
- Tennants (Lancashire) Ltd
- Pan Britannica Industries Ltd (Waltham Abbey)
- Barter Trading Corporation Ltd (London)
- Synthite Ltd (West Bromwich)
1997 Tennants Distribution Ltd was formed as a holding company for 3 distribution companies Charles Tennant and Co Ltd, Tennants (Lancashire) Ltd and Charles Tennant and Co (London) Ltd.
1999 Tennants (Lancashire) Ltd and Charles Tennant and Co (London) Ltd formally merged under the name Tennants Distribution Ltd. Charles Tennant and Co Ltd (based in Scotland) remained a separate subsidiary company.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ First Tennant Memorial Lecture, 1943, delivered by Brigadier General Sir William Alexander to the Glasgow section of the Society of Chemical Industry