Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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F. W. Berk and Co

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of Abbey Mills Chemical Works Stratford, London E.15

of P.O. Box 500, Berk House, 8 Baker Street, London W.1.[1]

Sulphuric acid makers

Formed in 1870

1960 After the take-over of Spencer Chapman and Messel by Borax (Holdings), F W Berk acquired 45 percent of the shares from Borax[2]

1966 Combined the industrial acids business with that of Spencer Chapman and Messel as Berk Spencer Acids, of which F W Berk owned 40 percent[3]

Presumably the remainder became Berk


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Sources of Information

  1. 1960 Advert.
  2. The Times, Mar 15, 1960
  3. The Times , May 21, 1966