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* Share of [[Alcan Enfield Alloys]] - Enfield Rolling Mills and London Colney refinery; the other 50 percent was owned by [[Enfield Rolling Mills|Enfield Rolling Mills (Aluminium)]] Ltd | * Share of [[Alcan Enfield Alloys]] - Enfield Rolling Mills and London Colney refinery; the other 50 percent was owned by [[Enfield Rolling Mills|Enfield Rolling Mills (Aluminium)]] Ltd | ||
* Share of [[James Booth Aluminium|Booth]] - the other 50 percent owned by [[Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation]]. | * Share of [[James Booth Aluminium|Booth]] - the other 50 percent owned by [[Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation]]. | ||
1970 Formation of [[Alcan Booth Industries]] from merger of [[Alcan Industries]] and [[James Booth Aluminium]]<ref>The Times, Mar 17, 1970</ref> | |||
1970 [[Alcan Booth Industries]] acquired 25 percent of [[Thomas Bennett (of Leeds)|Thomas Bennett]] of Leeds, glass merchants and makers of aluminium shop front systems and laminated glass<ref>The Times, Jul 21, 1970</ref> | 1970 [[Alcan Booth Industries]] acquired 25 percent of [[Thomas Bennett (of Leeds)|Thomas Bennett]] of Leeds, glass merchants and makers of aluminium shop front systems and laminated glass<ref>The Times, Jul 21, 1970</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:32, 30 April 2023
1967 Alcan Aluminium of Montreal transferred its 3 British subsidiary companies into a new holding company Alcan Aluminium (UK) Ltd[1] which owned Alcan London.
1968 Started construction of a primary aluminium smelter at Lynemouth, Northumberland, stimulated by government funding[2]; this included a dedicated power station Lynemouth Power Station.
1969 The UK operations of Alcan were:[3]:
- Alcan London
- Alindustries
- Alcanuk, marketing aluminium ingots and some related chemicals
- Share of Alcan Enfield Alloys - Enfield Rolling Mills and London Colney refinery; the other 50 percent was owned by Enfield Rolling Mills (Aluminium) Ltd
- Share of Booth - the other 50 percent owned by Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation.
1970 Formation of Alcan Booth Industries from merger of Alcan Industries and James Booth Aluminium[4]
1970 Alcan Booth Industries acquired 25 percent of Thomas Bennett of Leeds, glass merchants and makers of aluminium shop front systems and laminated glass[5]
1971 The Lynmouth smelter, which had been much delayed, started production
1973 Alcan Aluminium (UK) owned (75 percent) Alcan Booth Industries which had several subsidiaries including: Alcan Booth Sheet and Alcan Booth Extrusions. The remainder was owned by Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation[6]
1974 The capacity of the Lynmouth smelter was reduced by 80% to 100,000 tons due to the introduction of the 3-day week and power restrictions.[7]
c.1976 Alcan Aluminium acquired Thomas Bennett (of Leeds), glass makers, as its first diversification move away from metals.
1978 New factory to make bullet-resistant safety glass in Leeds.[8]