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1908 Sold the Atlas Works to [[British Patent Perforated Paper Co|Bronco Atlas]], lavatory paper manufacturers, who operated on this site until 1967. | 1908 Sold the Atlas Works to [[British Patent Perforated Paper Co|Bronco Atlas]], lavatory paper manufacturers, who operated on this site until 1967. | ||
1916 Recognised by the [[British Cotton and Wool Dyers Association]] for their contribution to maintaining supplies of dyes in the face of the German embargo. <ref>The Times May 25, 1916</ref> | |||
1916 Acquired by [[Levinstein]].<ref>Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Saturday 30 December 1916, page 10.</ref> | 1916 Acquired by [[Levinstein]].<ref>Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Saturday 30 December 1916, page 10.</ref> | ||
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of Crabtree Lane, Clayton, Manchester.
Aniline dyestuff manufacturers.
1891 Founded by William Henry Claus and Alfred Rée with Swiss backing.
Acquired Rexoll, Ltd., of Bradford, Yorks
1905 Acquired the Atlas Works of Brooke, Simpson, and Spiller, making azo dyes.
1906 Incorporated as a Limited Company.
1908 Rée retired; the firm continued as Claus and Co.
1908 Sold the Atlas Works to Bronco Atlas, lavatory paper manufacturers, who operated on this site until 1967.
1916 Recognised by the British Cotton and Wool Dyers Association for their contribution to maintaining supplies of dyes in the face of the German embargo. [1]
1916 Acquired by Levinstein.[2]
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Sources of Information
- Archives of the British chemical industry, 1750-1914: a handlist. By Peter J. T. Morris and Colin A. Russell. Edited by John Graham Smith. 1988.