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 174,163 pages of information and 250,321 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.

E. Merck

From Graces Guide

of Darmstadt, Germany. Maker of fine chemicals.


1973 Acquired BDH Chemicals, manufacturing and selling laboratory chemicals[1].

1978 E. Merck acquired Baird and Tatlock (London)[2].

1987 The Baird and Tatlock companies were integrated with BDH Ltd.

1990 the UK company name of BDH Ltd was changed when all the businesses were consolidated as Merck Ltd. The BDH name is still retained as a brand name. [3]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, 22 September 1973
  2. The Times, 13 September 1978
  3. [1] Company History