Nelson's Acetate
of Caton Road, Lancaster, manufacturer of cellulose acetate flake
1960 Advertised for staff[1]
1961 For some years Erinoid had had a joint interest with Hercules Powder Co and James Nelson Ltd in Nelsons Acetate Ltd and Nelsons Lancashire Estate Co. Sold its interest to its partners.[2]
1964 British Celanese, part of the Courtaulds Group, acquired J. Nelson’s interest in 1964. Growing demand for textile fibre saw the plant expand ...[3]
1991 Nelsons Acetate, a division of Courtaulds PLC employs 250 people and is involved in the manufacture of high quality grades of acetate for a number of end products, including plastics, photographic ...[4]
2001 For 40 years the firm - formerly Nelsons - supplied tri-acetate to photographic film makers. Recently Acordis broke into the flat screen liquid crystal display (LCD) market ...[5]
2003 The recession in Europe and other parts of the world was being blamed for the loss of jobs, the second in 10 months, at Nelsons Acetate in Lancaster.[6]