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[[Image:Im19071225BJ-Ruberoid.jpg|thumb| December 1907. ]]
[[Image:Im19080205BJ-Rub.jpg|thumb| February 1908.]]
[[Image:Im1914ICB-p477.jpg ‎|thumb|1914. Ruberoid Roofing on Transit Sheds at [[Southampton Docks]].]]
[[Image:Im1914ICB-p477.jpg ‎|thumb|1914. Ruberoid Roofing on Transit Sheds at [[Southampton Docks]].]]
[[Image:1918RuberoidCo.jpg|thumb| 1918]]
[[Image:1918RuberoidCo.jpg|thumb| 1918]]
[[Image:Im1926EYB-Rub.jpg|thumb| 1926. ]]
[[image:Im19191101IM-RuberoidCo.jpg |thumb| Nov 1919. ]]
 
[[Image:Im1923RlyDiary-Ruberoid.jpg|thumb| 1923. ]]
[[Image:Im1926EYB-Rub.jpg|thumb| 1926.]]
[[Image:Im19300801MJ-Ruberoid.jpg|thumb| August 1930. ]]
[[Image:Im19300801MJ-Ruberoid.jpg|thumb| August 1930. ]]
[[Image:Im19330519MJ-TRC.jpg‎|thumb| May 1933. Ruberoid and Pluvex. ]]
[[Image:Im19330519MJ-TRC.jpg‎|thumb| May 1933. Ruberoid and Pluvex.]]
[[Image:Im19331124MJ-RPD.jpg|thumb| 1933. ]]
[[Image:Im19331124MJ-RPD.jpg|thumb| 1933. ]]
[[image:Im193611AI-Ruberoid.jpg|thumb| November 1936. ]]
[[image:Im193611AI-Ruberoid.jpg|thumb| November 1936.]]
[[image:ImIDH1938-RuberoidCo.jpg |thumb| 1938. ]]
[[image:Im19390318PP-Rub.jpg|thumb| March 1939.]]
[[image:Im19390318PP-Rub.jpg|thumb| March 1939.]]
[[image:Im19390520PP-Rub.jpg|thumb| May 1939.]]
[[image:Im19390520PP-Rub.jpg|thumb| May 1939.]]
[[image:Im19440121ISDN-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| January 1944. ]]
 
[[image:Im19440121ISDN-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| January 1944.]]
[[image:Im19450202ICB-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| 1945.]]
[[image:Im19450202ICB-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| 1945.]]
[[image:ImICB19450112-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| Jan 1945.]]
[[image:Im19450105ICB-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| January 1945.]]
[[image:Im19450105ICB-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| January 1945.]]
[[image:ImICB19450126-RuberoidCo.jpg |thumb| Jan 1945.]]
[[image:ImICB19450601-Rberoid.jpg |thumb| June 1945. ]]
[[image:ImICB19470103-RuberoidCo.jpg |thumb| Jan 1947.]]
[[image:ImICB19470110-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| Jan 1947.]]
[[image:ImICB19470117-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| Jan 1947.]]
[[image:ImICB19470131-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| Jan 1947.]]
[[image:ImICB19470307-Astos.jpg |thumb| March 1947. ]]
[[image:Im19490617ABN-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| June 1949.]]
[[image:Im19490701ABN-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| July 1949. ]]
[[image:Im19490715ABN-RuberoidCo.jpg |thumb| July 1949. ]]
[[image:Im19490812ABN-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| August 1949.]]
[[image:Im19490812ABN-Ruberoid.jpg |thumb| August 1949.]]
[[image:Im19490902ABN-RuBEROID.jpg |thumb| Sept 1949. ]]
[[image:Im19490902ABN-RuBEROID.jpg |thumb| Sept 1949.]]
‎‎[[Image:‎Im1951Benn-Ruberoid1.jpg|thumb|1951]]
‎‎[[Image:‎Im1951Benn-Ruberoid1.jpg|thumb|1951]]
[[Image:Im1952BDig-Ruberoid.jpg|thumb| 1952. ]]
[[Image:Im1952BDig-Ruberoid2.jpg|thumb| 1952. ]]
[[image:Im195612PH-RuberoidCo.jpg|thumb|December 1956]]
[[image:Im195612PH-RuberoidCo.jpg|thumb|December 1956]]
[[Image:Im19580307ICB-Ruberoid.jpg|thumb| March 1958.]]
[[Image:Im19580307ICB-Ruberoid.jpg|thumb| March 1958.]]
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[[image:Im19580926ICB-Ruberoid.jpg|thumb|September 1958.]]
[[image:Im19580926ICB-Ruberoid.jpg|thumb|September 1958.]]
[[image:Im19581016CL-Rub.jpg|thumb| 1958.]]
[[image:Im19581016CL-Rub.jpg|thumb| 1958.]]
[[Image:Im196005PH-Rubberoid.jpg|thumb| May 1960.]]
[[Image:Im196005PH-Rubberoid.jpg|thumb| May 1960.]]
[[Image:Im1961-19Ben-Rubber.jpg|thumb| 1961.]]


Roofing contractor and manufacturer of various roofing products, of 72 Lincoln House, 296/302 High Holborn, London, WC1.  Telephone: Holborn 9501 (4 lines).  Telegraphic Address: "Ruberoid, London"; factory at Brimsdown, Middx.
Roofing contractor and manufacturer of various roofing products, of 72 Lincoln House, 296/302 High Holborn, London, WC1.  Telephone: Holborn 9501 (4 lines).  Telegraphic Address: "Ruberoid, London"; factory at Brimsdown, Middx.
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of 663 Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street, London, WC1, (1949) (1960).
of 663 Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street, London, WC1, (1949) (1960).


1906 Company formed by E.R. James and D. L. Irwin.
1906 Company formed by [[E. R. James]] and [[D. L. Irwin]].


1914 Waterloo House, Knightrider Street, London E.C.<ref>1914 Advert</ref>
1914 Waterloo House, Knightrider Street, London E.C.<ref>1914 Advert</ref>
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1988 Acquired by [[Tarmac]]
1988 Acquired by [[Tarmac]]


1993 Floated on the stock market<ref> The Times, November 06, 1993</ref>
1993 [[Tarmac]] floated the waterproofing businesses as Ruberoid including [[Permanite]], [[Briggs Amasco]] and [[Aaronite]].<ref>The Times  Nov. 2, 1993</ref><ref> The Times, November 06, 1993</ref>


Acquired by Canadian [[IKO]] group<ref>The Times, July 16, 2009</ref>
Acquired by Canadian [[IKO]] group<ref>The Times, July 16, 2009</ref>

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December 1907.
February 1908.
1914. Ruberoid Roofing on Transit Sheds at Southampton Docks.
1918
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1923.
1926.
August 1930.
May 1933. Ruberoid and Pluvex.
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November 1936.
1938.
March 1939.
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Roofing contractor and manufacturer of various roofing products, of 72 Lincoln House, 296/302 High Holborn, London, WC1. Telephone: Holborn 9501 (4 lines). Telegraphic Address: "Ruberoid, London"; factory at Brimsdown, Middx.

of 663 Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street, London, WC1, (1949) (1960).

1906 Company formed by E. R. James and D. L. Irwin.

1914 Waterloo House, Knightrider Street, London E.C.[1]

1935 Public company incorporated to acquire a company of similar name

1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Bitumen roofings for every type of roof and building. Ruberoid for large buildings, Starex and Pluvex for smaller buildings. Bitumen Damp Courses, Hessian Based and Lead-lined, Asbestos Roofings, Slaters' Felts. (Stand No. B.411) [2]

WWII Developed system of prefabricated landing strips for aircraft.

Post-WWII: Products included Ruberoid and Astos roofomh, Zylex slater's felts, Pluvex and Astos damp proof membranes[3]

1971 Acquired Vulcanite Ltd, of Belfast, maker of building materials and roofing sub-contractors[4]

1972 Acquired Pennycook Patent Glazing and Engineering Co[5]

1981 Acquired Catalin, manufacturer of industrial resins and resin-treated paper[6]

1983 Acquired Camrex[7]

1983 Ruberoid Contracts acquired Coverwell Roofing from M. P. Harris (Holdings)[8]

1985 Canadian Pacific brought a suit against Camrex over the treatment of 4 ships in 1979; the claim was for £18 million, in comparison with Ruberoid's market capitalisation of £29 million[9]

1988 Acquired the remainder of the shares in Norwich Corrugated Board[10]

1988 Acquired by Tarmac

1993 Tarmac floated the waterproofing businesses as Ruberoid including Permanite, Briggs Amasco and Aaronite.[11][12]

Acquired by Canadian IKO group[13]


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1914 Advert
  2. ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair p408
  3. ↑ The Times, Apr 06, 1945
  4. ↑ The Times, May 11, 1971
  5. ↑ The Times, Jun 30, 1972
  6. ↑ The Times, Jul 21, 1981
  7. ↑ The Times, Jun 08, 1983
  8. ↑ The Times Aug 13, 1983
  9. ↑ The Times, May 17, 1985
  10. ↑ The Times April 07, 1988
  11. ↑ The Times Nov. 2, 1993
  12. ↑ The Times, November 06, 1993
  13. ↑ The Times, July 16, 2009
  • The Times, Sep 25 1935
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