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Title
Archive material from ABC Wax
Reference
YA2013.17
Production date
1985 - 2009

Creator

A. Brunnschweiler & Co. Ltd Biography Biography
Textile merchant based in Manchester, known as ABC Wax. The company produced its first wax printed cottons at its Hyde factory in 1908. It was acquired by Cha Textile Group in 1992, but produciton continued at the Hyde site until 2007. Production was then taken over by another company in the Cha Textile Group, Akosombo Textiles Limited, based in Ghana.

Scope and Content
Ring binder illustrating the process of wax printing, items relating to the Cha Textile Group, parent company of ABC Wax, consisting of publicity brochures and a DVD, and 52 fabric sample cards, c.1990-2004
Extent
0.05 linear metres
Archival history
Donated with a selection of fabric samples, and printing blocks and rollers used to produce the samples, by ABC Wax.
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisations

A. Brunnschweiler & Co. Ltd Biography Biography
Textile merchant based in Manchester, known as ABC Wax. The company produced its first wax printed cottons at its Hyde factory in 1908. It was acquired by Cha Textile Group in 1992, but produciton continued at the Hyde site until 2007. Production was then taken over by another company in the Cha Textile Group, Akosombo Textiles Limited, based in Ghana.

Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.

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