Imperial Aluminium Co
of Droitwich.
of Witton, Birmingham (1965)
1937 Extruded sections and aluminium mattings.
WWII: ICI was asked to design, build and operate a new aluminium plant at Waunarlwydd in South Wales.
1959 ICI and Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) formed a JV called Imperial Aluminium Co to make wrought aluminium products in the UK; ICI owned 51 percent.[1]
Brand name Impalco
ICI and Alcoa acquired Invicta Foil Co and the aluminium foil division of the Prestige Group
1960 ICI acquired on behalf of itself and Alcoa the issued share capital of Almin Ltd, parent company of Associated Light Metal Industries Ltd[2]
1968 Supplied aluminium busbars for IMI when they opened the first liquid-metal-cooled vacuum titanium-melting furnace at Birmingham.[3]
1971 Alcoa Manufacturing (G.B.) Limited (formerly Imperial Aluminium Company (Wales) Limited) of Waunarlwydd Works, P.O. Box 68, Swansea[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times June 25, 1959
- ↑ The Times May 3, 1960
- ↑ The Engineer of 10th May 1968 p742
- ↑ London Gazette 1 July 1971