Bradford Dyers Association
From GracesGuide
1898 The Association was formed as a limited public company for the purposes of acquiring c.20 companies engaged in the Bradford Piece Dyeing Trade, accounting for about 90 percent of the trade[1]
1900 The Association brought a case against Isaac Bury, the tradename of John and Jos. Wharton, for infringement of the Schreiner patent for giving cloth a gloss-like finish; the defendants relied on prior patents which meant that there was no new art[2]
1960 Sold its Mancuna Engineering subsidiary of Denton, manufacturers of gas cleaning equipment, to Sturtevant Engineering Co[3]
c.1961 Jointly with Sun Chemical Corp of USA, established Warwick Chemical (Yorkshire).
1964 Viyella International acquired Bradford Dyers Association[4]
1969 Sun Chemical Corp acquired the minority interest that it did not own in Warwick Chemical[5]
