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Matthew Wylie and Co

From Graces Guide
March 1911.
December 1912.
1914.
Nov 1919.
1938.
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1951

Matthew Wylie and Co Ltd. of 71 Portman Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow (1911); of 81 Portman Street, Glasgow and 121a Finsbury Pavement, London E.C.[1]; of 83 Portman St. Glasgow, S.1. and 83b Queen Victoria St. London, E.C.4. (1938).

1903 Company founded.

1922 Matthew Wylie and Company Limited was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £50,000, to carry on business as engineers.[2]

1938 "Wylco" Brand Corrugated Fasteners.

1961 Bottle labelling, box-making and plastics processing machinery manufacturers. 200 employees. [3]

1979 The company was dissolved, by which point its name had changed to Duckmill Limited.[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1914 Advert
  2. The Scotsman 25 February 1922
  3. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  4. National Records of Scotland BT2/1979/436