Bradford Dyers Association
of 39 Well Street, Bradford.
1898 The Bradford Dyers' Association was formed as a limited public company for the purposes of acquiring c.20 companies engaged in the Bradford Piece Dyeing Trade, accounting for about 90 percent of the trade.[1]
Acquired the following companies and directors:[2]
- Chairman John Ramsden Armitage
- Vice-Chairman: Henry Sutcliffe, Abraham Grandage
- Managing Directors: George Douglas, Milton S. Sharp, William Henry Aykroyd
- George Armitage - Harry Ramsden Armitage, John Batt Moorhouse, George Herbert France
- William Aykroyd and Sons - William Edward Ackroyd, Henry Edward Ackroyd
- Bradford and District Dyeing Co -
- George Briggs and Sons - Joseph Briggs
- Craven, Pearson and Co - John Stones Pearson
- Fountain Finishing Co - Walter B. Wilkinson
- W. Grandage and Co - William Grandage, Henry Grandage, George Grandage
- Harry H. Hall and Co - Harry Herbert Hall
- Hunsworth Dyeing Co - Ernest Fitzherbert Holdsworth
- Samuel Kirk and Sons - John Kirk, Robert Samuel Kirk
- John Mitchell and Co -
- James Reffitt and Sons - John William Reffitt
- Edward Ripley and Son - Henry Ripley, Hugh Ripley, H. Sutcliffe Smith
- James and M. S. Sharp and Co - James Sharp, Jnr, John Casson, Thomas Henry Gaunt
- Shaw and Co - Charles Brook Shaw
- John Shaw and Co -
- S. Shepherd and Co -
- Samuel Smith and Co - Bertram Henry Milne Milne, Samuel Woodhead
- John H. Stott and Co - John Henry Stott
- Thornton, Hannam and Marshall - David Hannam Thornton, John Marshall
- Ward and Sons - Fred Ward
- Whitaker Brothers and Co - Jeremiah Whitaker, Francis Whitehead
1899 Acquired Frederick Cawley and Co, and H. Kershaw and Co.[3]
1900 The Association brought a case against Isaac Bury, the trade name of John and Jos. Wharton, for infringement of the Schreiner patent for giving cloth a gloss-like finish; the defendants relied on prior patents which meant that there was no new art.[4]
1914 Chairman: M. S. Sharp. Managing Director: George Douglas. Executive Committee: H. R. Armitage, Thomas Robinson, James Sharp, H. Sutcliffe Smith, D. H. Thornton, Richard C. Thyne.
1934 Directors: Sir Henry Sutcliffe Smith, Isaac McIntyre Brown, George Douglas, Alfred Haigh-Lumby, Arnold Highley, Ernest Fitzherbert Holdsworth, Frank John Sharp and Arthur Ward.[5]
1960 Sold its Mancuna Engineering subsidiary of Denton, manufacturers of gas cleaning equipment, to Sturtevant Engineering Co.[6]
c.1961 Jointly with Sun Chemical Corp of USA, established Warwick Chemical (Yorkshire).
1964 Viyella International acquired Bradford Dyers Association.[7]
1969 Sun Chemical Corp acquired the minority interest that it did not own in Warwick Chemical.[8]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Wednesday, Dec 14, 1898
- ↑ Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Wednesday 14 December 1898
- ↑ Cotton Factory Times, 15 September 1899
- ↑ The Leeds Mercury, December 11, 1900
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Thursday 01 March 1934
- ↑ The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 02, 1960
- ↑ The Times, Jun 11, 1964
- ↑ The Times, Jul 23, 1969