Brent Chemicals International
of Iver, supplier of industrial chemicals and cleaning systems
1970 Three private investors put money into Brent Manufacturing Co and gained seats on the board[1]. As a result took control of the company which became Brent Chemicals International[2]
Served a variety of markets with specialised chemical products.
1973 Acquired Pyrene Chemical Services from Chubb
1974 Acquired 75 percent of Canadian associate Ardrox
1976 Acquired Savilles Hydrological[3]
1978 With 7 British operating companies and 14 overseas, the company needed to reorganise which it did into 4 product divisions[4]
1979 Acquired Tri-Kem, maker of chemicals for the metal finishing inddustry[5]
1980 First US acquisition
1982 Brent Chemicals International acquired Reddish Chemicals and Reddish Detergents[6]
1988 Acquired Robertsons Chemicals, printed circuit board chemicals supplier, which would be combined with existing subsidiary Chemlec[7]
1990 Sold Reddish Savilles, maker of cleaning products, to Laporte[8]
1990 Moved into printing inks with acquisition of Process Ink Holdings[9]
1993 Cookson Group acquired the electronic chemicals part of the business[10]
Name changed to Brent International
1998 Sold the image management business to Weir Holdings
1999 Sold the Swale Process inks and coatings business to US company Sun Chemical[11]
1999 Acquired by Chemetall GmbH[12]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times July 6, 1970
- ↑ The Times Aug. 23, 1976
- ↑ The Times Mar. 29, 1977
- ↑ The Times Jan. 26, 1978
- ↑ The Times Nov. 13, 1979
- ↑ The Times Mar. 24, 1982
- ↑ The Times Jan. 19, 1988
- ↑ The Times Mar. 22, 1990
- ↑ The Times Dec. 26, 1990
- ↑ The Times Sept. 1, 1993
- ↑ The Times Apr. 24, 1999
- ↑ 1999 Annual report