John Dale
Maker of non-ferrous collapsible tubes (for toothpaste, etc), plastic closures and mouldings, aluminium ingots and extrusions, of Southgate, London, and of London Colney, Herts.
1837 John Smith Carr set up in business as a blacking manufacturer, which became Carr and Son
1890 Carr's grandsons, John Dale Carr and Ralph Charles Carr, set up another business to make tin containers for their products. The company made more tins than were needed by the business so they started to supply other customers.
1902 John Dale Manufacturing Co was founded.
1934 Public company formed as John Dale Metal Containers, manufacturers of collapsible metal tubes, and metal containers, to take on the business carried on by Robert Dale Carr and Robert Edward Carr.
1939 Acquired controlling interest in Frederick Bentley (Bury) Ltd which provided extra capacity for making collapsible tubes. An aluminium foundry was erected at the New Southgate premises where the main factory was located.
1941 Name changed to John Dale Ltd.
1942 Dispersal factory occupied at London Colney which then became the centre of the aluminium foundry activity.
1946 Explosion kills Harry Griffin Stanyon and three others
1948 Public issue of preference shares. A substantial part of the New Southgate factory was let to Carr and Day and Martin, which had a long association with the company.
1959 Merged with Metal Closures Ltd to form Metal Closures Group[1] [2]
1961 Manufacturers of collapsible tubes, extrusions, plastic closures, tin-plate and aluminium stampings and containers, and aluminium alloy ingots, sand and die castings. 1,400 employees.
See Also
Sources of Information
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- The Times, Nov 18, 1948