Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
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1857 Founded by T. L. Pelling and C. H. Stanley
By 1879, they were importing canned salmon from the John West company in Oregon, USA.
1888 Pelling Stanley purchased the rights to use the John West name
1892 The first shipments of John West Salmon appeared
By 1924, the three companies, operating separately, were all associated with Unilever
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