Vinatex
of Carlshalton, specialist chemical manufacturer, producer of PVC
Connected with Vinyl Products Ltd
1947 Business established as a private company[1]
1952 Acquired by Reichhold Chemicals Ltd[2]
1960 New plant being built at Havant[3]
1962 The company had moved to Havant
1968 Reichhold Chemicals was acquired by Unilever; the Vinatex subsidiary was sold[4]
1969 British Steel's Chemical Division owned a significant stake but not a controlling interest in the company, as it did in and Staveley Chemicals and various other companies[5]
By 1978 the company was jointly owned by Conoco and Staveley Chemicals but Conoco wanted to sell its holding; shares in the company were owned by National Coal Board and British Steel[6][7].
1979 The company was owned by Norsk Hydro (UK) and Staveley Chemicals; it would build a new polyvinyl chloride plant at Staveley[8]