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 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 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.

Beck, Koller and Co

From Graces Guide

London Office: Hillgate House, 24 Old Bailey, London E.C.4.

c.1865 Established by Beck & Koller of Berlin and Vienna, brush makers.

1914 Offices in London


April 1969.

of Speke, Liverpool

1933 Beck, Koller and Co was incorporated in England as a private company jointly by Reichhold Chemicals Inc of Detroit and James Beadel and Co[1]

1952 90 percent of the shares were acquired by Reichold Chemicals Ltd[2]

1962 Reichhold Chemicals moved to new offices at Old Bailey, London EC4, together with Beck, Koller and Co (England) Ltd and James Beadel and Co's London offices[3]

1969 Member of the Reichhold Chemicals group of companies; sole selling agents James Beadel and Co (see advert)

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times June 30, 1952
  2. The Times June 30, 1952
  3. The Times June 20, 1962