Fergusson Wild and Co
Ore merchants
1945 Acquired by William Baird and Co[1]
1980 Acquired by Frank and Schulte of Essen, part of Veba; the business was importation, processing and distribution of ores.[2]
Subsidiary Goricon Metallurgical Services, whose customers were the British steel industry, provided refractory products.
1988 Acquired Microfine Minerals and Chemicals and Dupre Vermiculite [3]