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Candles Ltd | '''Candles Ltd''', soap, candle and lubricating oil manufacturers of London and Wirral | ||
* 1919 [[Lever Brothers]] bought [[Prices Patent Candle Co]] | |||
* 1936 [[Unilever]], through its UK operation [[Lever Brothers]] sold out of [[Candles]] Ltd | * 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. | |||
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Revision as of 13:20, 8 July 2011
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.
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