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Actions	Archive material from ABC Wax Remove from selection Add to selection TitleArchive material from ABC Wax ReferenceYA2013.17 CreatorA. Brunnschweiler & Co. Ltd 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. Date c 1990-2004 Scope and ContentRing 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 Extent0.05 linear metres Archival historyDonated with a selection of fabric samples, and printing blocks and rollers used to produce the samples, by ABC Wax. Levelfonds Repository nameScience and Industry Museum Associated people and organisationsA. Brunnschweiler & Co. Ltd 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 accessOpen access. Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions. Hierarchy browser YA2013.17 Archive material from ABC Wax c 1990-2004 fonds contains 4 parts

TitleArchive material from ABC Wax

ReferenceYA2013.17

Date

c 1990-2004

Scope and ContentRing 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

Extent0.05 linear metres

Archival historyDonated with a selection of fabric samples, and printing blocks and rollers used to produce the samples, by ABC Wax.

Levelfonds

Repository nameScience and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisationsA. Brunnschweiler & Co. Ltd

Conditions governing accessOpen access.

Conditions governing ReproductionCopies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.