Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

J. and G. Cox

From Graces Guide
1852. Cox's Patent Gelatine Works.
July 1900.
April 1933. Cox's Gelatine.
November 1933.
January 1934.
December 1934.
April 1935.
August 1935.
Cox's Gelatine.

of Gorgie Mills, Edinburgh

1725 Company established.

1898 Incorporated as a limited company.

1914 Glue and gelatine manufacturers. Specialities: Scotch glue and match-making glues, instant powdered sparkling gelatine. Employees 200. [1]

c.1950 British Match Corporation owned a majority stake in the company, which supplied a key ingredient for its matches, glue[2].

1969 Ceased manufacturing.

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Sources of Information

  1. 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  2. The Times, 29 September 1955