Difference between revisions of "Molassine Co (1907)"
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[[image:Im19381210PP-Vims.jpg|thumb| December 1938. Vims dog food.]] | [[image:Im19381210PP-Vims.jpg|thumb| December 1938. Vims dog food.]] | ||
of 36 Mark Lane, London | of 36 Mark Lane, London, makers of animal feeds | ||
of Tunnel Avenue, Greenwich (1914) | |||
1900 Business established; incorporated as a private limited company | |||
1907 The '''Molassine Company''' was voluntarily wound up; Frederick Livingstone and William Albert Owston, the younger, were appointed Liquidators<ref>The London Gazette 19 March 1907</ref> | 1907 The '''Molassine Company''' was voluntarily wound up; Frederick Livingstone and William Albert Owston, the younger, were appointed Liquidators<ref>The London Gazette 19 March 1907</ref> | ||
1907 The company was registered on 5 February to acquire the business of a company of almost similar title, manufacturers of molassine meal, dog biscuits and feeding stuffs, generally together with foreign and colonial patents. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref> | 1907 The company was registered as a public limed company on 5 February to acquire the business of a company of almost similar title, manufacturers of molassine meal, dog biscuits and feeding stuffs, generally together with foreign and colonial patents. <ref>The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908</ref> | ||
1914 Directors: Benjamin Horton (Chairman), John Prosser (Managing Director), W. A. Owston, Arthur W. Livingstone. All the Molassine Foods were based around sugar as a feeding material but prepared so as to overcome the objections to feeding animals with sugar or molasses in the natural state. The latest development of the Company's business was a large Poultry Farm at Twyford, Berkshire. | |||
1970 [[Ashe Laboratories]] sold the ''Vims'' dog biscuits business and compensated Molassine Co. for ending its contract to make dog food<ref>The Times, 16 December 1970</ref>. | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == |
Latest revision as of 18:25, 26 November 2021
of 36 Mark Lane, London, makers of animal feeds
of Tunnel Avenue, Greenwich (1914)
1900 Business established; incorporated as a private limited company
1907 The Molassine Company was voluntarily wound up; Frederick Livingstone and William Albert Owston, the younger, were appointed Liquidators[1]
1907 The company was registered as a public limed company on 5 February to acquire the business of a company of almost similar title, manufacturers of molassine meal, dog biscuits and feeding stuffs, generally together with foreign and colonial patents. [2]
1914 Directors: Benjamin Horton (Chairman), John Prosser (Managing Director), W. A. Owston, Arthur W. Livingstone. All the Molassine Foods were based around sugar as a feeding material but prepared so as to overcome the objections to feeding animals with sugar or molasses in the natural state. The latest development of the Company's business was a large Poultry Farm at Twyford, Berkshire.
1970 Ashe Laboratories sold the Vims dog biscuits business and compensated Molassine Co. for ending its contract to make dog food[3].