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Chemical manufacturer, set up in 1875. Its products included pure muriate of zinc, iron remover, sizing ingredients, Amazon rubber chemicals, Paton's soap economiser and woollen scourers. Grimshaw's remained in business until 1957.

The Society of Chemical Industry held its first meeting in London on 4 April 1881 at the offices of the Chemical Society, now the Royal Society of Chemistry, in Burlington House. Its members had first met the previous year under the societis earlier names - the South Lancashire Chemical Society and the the Society of Chemical Engineers�. The society's first president was Henry Roscoe and its membership included many leading chemists, chemical engineers and industrialists.

Chemical and general merchant based in Todmorden.

Paint manufacturer based in Ambler, Pennsylvania, USA. Known to have been active in 1924.

active 1879-1950, printer; lithographer, Manchester

Author. Known to have been active in c1929.

1759-current, museum, London, England

Active 1939. Development council, London.

Active c1939, cement manufacturer, Birmingham, England

The Ministry of Supply was established in 1939 with responsibility for the Royal Ordnance Factories and for the supply of munitions, clothing etc to the War Office and Air Ministry. In 1946 it took over the responsibilities of the Ministry of Aircraft Production after it was abolished.

In October 1959 the civil aviation functions of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation were transferred to the Ministry of Supply, which was simultaneously disbanded and reconstituted as the Ministry of Aviation; at the same time supply functions, with the exception of those relating to aircraft, guided missiles, radar and electronic equipment, were returned to the Air Ministry and War Office.

Active 1923-1950, manufacturer of concrete products, Grays, Essex.

Manchester based publishing company, publisher of The Textile Weekly. Known to have been active in 1954.

1894-current(2016, polymer material manufacturer
Established in around 1894 as British Cyanides Co. It is the oldest polymer material manufacturer in the UK, and amongst the oldest in the world. In 1924, the company patented the world’s first ‘water-white’ thermoset resin, and in 1926, they produced the world’s first white commercial moulding powder. 1929, the company purchased the Streetly Manufacturing Co (SMC) to serve as its own moulding plant.

In 1936, the company name was changed to British Industrial Plastics (BIP). BIP was taken over by Turner and Newall in 1961. They now trade as BIP (Oldbury) Limited.

London based publisher, produced the Chemical Trade Journal & Chemical Engineer. Known to have been active in 1962-1963.

Publishing company based in London. Produced The Dyer, Textile Printer, Bleacher and Finisher periodical. Known to have been active in c1903-1962.

The university was founded in 1851 as Owens College, and named after John Owens, a textile merchant, who left a bequest of £96,942 for the purpose. It was first situated on Quay Street, and moved to a new building west of Oxford Road in 1873.

In 1880, Owens College became the first affiliate college of the federal Victoria University, joined by University College Liverpool in 1884 and Yorkshire College in Leeds in 1887.

In 1903 University College Liverpool left the Victoria University to become the independent University of Liverpool; Leeds followed in 1904 to become the University of Leeds. The new Victoria University of Manchester was established by royal charter on 15 July 1903; the university and Owens College were merged by Act of Parliament on 24 June 1904.