Johnsen and Jorgensen
Wholesale glass supplier, of London
1884 Business established
1890 Was one of the English glass bottle manufacturers who agreed to make a new type of seal bottle using the system of the Bottle Seal Co[1]
1909 Agents for a patented process which was licenced to Chance Brothers and Co but they found the process unsuitable for the working conditions[2]
1933 Handled the launch of a range of tableware introduced by United Glass Bottle Manufacturers who did not want to set up their own sales force to promote it[3]
1962 Johnsen and Jorgensen bought a substantial stake in Clayton Mayers and Co.
1968 Clayton Mayers and Co became a wholly-owned subsidiary; Johnsen and Jorgensen were also sole distributors of the products of Ravenhead Glass[4].
1987 Waddingtons made an agreed take-over bid for Johnsen and Jorgesen Packaging, whose shares were quoted on the USM. The company made a range of packaging, including child-proof closures[5]