Difference between revisions of "Lloyd's Packing Warehouses"
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1953 Acquired export packers [[John Stevenson and Sons]].<ref>The Times, June 13, 1953</ref> | 1953 Acquired export packers [[John Stevenson and Sons]].<ref>The Times, June 13, 1953</ref> | ||
1957 Sold [[J. Smith Hargreaves and Co]].<ref>The Times, January 30, 1958</ref> | |||
1960 Acquired electrical switchgear manufacturer [[Long and Crawford]].<ref>The Times, January 11, 1961</ref> | 1960 Acquired electrical switchgear manufacturer [[Long and Crawford]].<ref>The Times, January 11, 1961</ref> | ||
Revision as of 23:23, 10 February 2020
Lloyd's Packing Warehouses Ltd.
Head Office: 20, Princess Street, Manchester.
Packing warehouses in Manchester, Blackburn and Bradford.
The company served an important aspect of the textile trade - making-up and packing textiles for export, and manufacturing waterproof wrapping and linings, packing cases and lapping boards, and provding facilities for storing and handling the goods.
1953 Acquired cotton towelling manufacturer J. Smith Hargreaves and Co.[1]
1953 Acquired export packers John Stevenson and Sons.[2]
1957 Sold J. Smith Hargreaves and Co.[3]
1960 Acquired electrical switchgear manufacturer Long and Crawford.[4]
1960 Acquired lard refiners N. Kilvert and Sons.[5]
1962 Closed its radio and television subsidiary Regentone.[6]
1964 Subsidiaries included:[7]
- Lloyd's Packing Warehouses
- Lloyd's Machinery Packing Co
- John Stevenson and Sons
- Translloyd
- Grove Mill Paper Co
- Rose Vale Manufacturing Co
- Lloyd's Paper Industries
- J. A. Turner and Co
- Eva-Lever
- F. T. Pillivant
- Peter Blyth
- N. Kilvert and Sons
- Britannia Lard Refining Co
- Turtle Wax
- Long and Crawford
1966 Acquired by Cope Allman and Co.[8]