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'''Candles Ltd''', soap, candle and lubricating oil manufacturers of London and Wirral | '''Candles Ltd''', soap, candle and lubricating oil manufacturers of London and Wirral | ||
1919 [[Lever Brothers]] bought [[Prices Patent Candle Co]] | |||
1922 [[Lever Brothers]] entered into an agreement with what are now [[Shell]], [[BP]] and [[Burmah Oil Co]] to create a new jointly-owned company, [[Candles]] Ltd, to take over [[Prices Patent Candle Co|Price's]] and all its subsidiary companies. | |||
1936 [[Unilever]], through its UK operation [[Lever Brothers]], sold out of [[Candles]] Ltd but keeping the Bromborough works and all the soap manufacturing rights. It continued to develop Bromborough for its specialist fatty acid production. | |||
1951 The first multigrade oil, [[Energol]], was developed at Battersea. | |||
1954 Increasing demand for multigrade oil led [[BP]] to remove all the lubricating oil business to its oil refinery at Grangemouth and rebrand it as its own product. | |||
1980 End of [[Prices Patent Candle Co|Price's]] design and manufacture of candle-making machinery. | |||
1982 [[BP]] and [[Burmah Oil Co]] sold their stakes in [[Candles]] Ltd, leaving [[Shell]] as the owner. | |||
1991 [[Shell]] sold [[Prices Patent Candle Co|Price's]] to a private buyer. | |||
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[[Category: Chemicals and Lubricants]] | [[Category: Chemicals and Lubricants]] | ||
[[Category: Medicine and Toiletries]] | [[Category: Medicine and Toiletries]] | ||
[[Category: Candles and Matches]] | |||
Revision as of 09:55, 4 December 2012
Candles Ltd, soap, candle and lubricating oil manufacturers of London and Wirral
1919 Lever Brothers bought Prices Patent Candle Co
1922 Lever Brothers entered into an agreement with what are now Shell, BP and Burmah Oil Co to create a new jointly-owned company, Candles Ltd, to take over Price's and all its subsidiary companies.
1936 Unilever, through its UK operation Lever Brothers, sold out of Candles Ltd but keeping the Bromborough works and all the soap manufacturing rights. It continued to develop Bromborough for its specialist fatty acid production.
1951 The first multigrade oil, Energol, was developed at Battersea.
1954 Increasing demand for multigrade oil led BP to remove all the lubricating oil business to its oil refinery at Grangemouth and rebrand it as its own product.
1980 End of Price's design and manufacture of candle-making machinery.
1982 BP and Burmah Oil Co sold their stakes in Candles Ltd, leaving Shell as the owner.
1991 Shell sold Price's to a private buyer.