Wolstenholme Bronze Powders
From Graces Guide
Wolstenholme Bronze Powders of Bolton, Lancashire.
1967 New issue of shares - presumably incorporated as a public company; chairman P. L. M. Rink. The company claimed to be one of the 2 largest exporters of bronze powder in the world[1]
1968 Queen's Award to Industry for Export Achievement [2]
1977 Acquired Charles Openshaw, distributor of lithograhic printing plates[3] so was then recognised as a printing industry supplier.
1979 Changed name to Wolstenholme Rink, reflecting the surnames of the 2 founders.
1988 Acquired the offset metallic ink and aluminium paste business of Johnson and Bloy[4]
1996 Disposal of the resin division of Wolstenholme International[5]
2000 Acquired by Rutland Trust[6]
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