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37/41 Gracechurch Street, London (1926)
1923 - Formed to produce alginates from seaweed.
1927 - F C Thornley moved to San Diego to set up Thornley and Co.
1929 - The company became Kelp Products Corporation.
Eventually became Kelco Co.
In the 1920s they appear to be the first to produce pure calcium alginate as a commercial product.[1]
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