Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 115342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,245 pages of information and 246,071 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.

Bowaters Building Products

From Graces Guide

Presumably successor to Bowater Associated Industries

1969 New organisation formed by Bowater Paper Corporation. Acquired F. Hills and Sons and Londall Holdings[1]

1973 Acquired Rippers and James Wheeldon and Sons[2]

1984 Still operational [3]as part of Bowater Industries

1993 Acquired the remainder of MiTek, US maker of metal fittings for constructing timber frames[4]

1994 The unit owned MiTek and Zenith Windows[5]

See Also

Loading...

Sources of Information

  1. The Times Apr. 10, 1970
  2. The Times Aug. 20, 1973
  3. The Times , Oct. 18, 1984
  4. The Times Jan. 5, 1993
  5. The Times Nov. 5, 1994