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Bradford Dyers Association
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of 39 Well Street, Bradford.
1898 The Bradford Dyers' Association was formed as a limited public company for the purposes of acquiring c.20 companies engaged in the Bradford Piece Dyeing Trade, accounting for about 90 percent of the trade.[1]
Acquired the following companies:
- George Armitage
- William Aykroyd and Sons
- Bradford and District Dyeing Co
- George Briggs and Sons
- Craven, Pearson and Co
- Fountain Finishing Co
- W. Grandage and Co
- Harry H. Hall and Co
- Hunsworth Dyeing Co
- Samuel Kirk and Sons
- John Mitchell and Co
- James Reffitt and Sons
- Edward Ripley and Son
- James and M. S. Sharp and Co
- Shaw and Co
- John Shaw and Co
- S. Shepherd and Co
- Samuel Smith and Co
- John H. Stott and Co
- Thornton, Hannam and Marshall
- Ward and Sons
- Whitaker Brothers and Co
1900 The Association brought a case against Isaac Bury, the trade name of John and Jos. Wharton, for infringement of the Schreiner patent for giving cloth a gloss-like finish; the defendants relied on prior patents which meant that there was no new art.[2]
1960 Sold its Mancuna Engineering subsidiary of Denton, manufacturers of gas cleaning equipment, to Sturtevant Engineering Co.[3]
c.1961 Jointly with Sun Chemical Corp of USA, established Warwick Chemical (Yorkshire).
1964 Viyella International acquired Bradford Dyers Association.[4]
1969 Sun Chemical Corp acquired the minority interest that it did not own in Warwick Chemical.[5]