Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,711 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Vinatex

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1949.
1951.

of Carlshalton, specialist chemical manufacturer, producer of PVC

Connected with Vinyl Products Ltd

1947 Business established as a private company[1]

1952 Acquired by Reichhold Chemicals Ltd[2]

1960 New plant being built at Havant[3]

1962 The company had moved to Havant

1968 Reichhold Chemicals was acquired by Unilever; the Vinatex subsidiary was sold[4]

By 1978 the company was jointly owned by Conoco and Staveley Chemicals but Conoco wanted to sell its holding; shares in the company were owned by National Coal Board and British Steel[5]Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times June 30, 1952
  2. The Times June 30, 1952
  3. The Times June 15, 1960
  4. The Times July 24, 1968
  5. The Engineer 1978