New Explosives Co
of 62 London Wall, London
1885 Company registered to acquire the business and property of the Explosives Company, Limited, including their property at Stowmarket, Penrhyndendraeth, and Pembrey.[1]
1886/7 The Pembrey factory was bought by Nobel's Explosives Co and production was partially run-down. Ownership was then transferred to the South Wales Explosive Co, a subsidiary of Nobel's.
1897 Started to make and supply cordite to the War Office[2]
1906 The company was registered on 30 June, in reconstruction of a company of almost similar title. [3]
1914 The Pembrey site was used by Nobel's Explosives to build a TNT / propellant factory with Government approval. The Pembrey site was one of the first purpose-built TNT manufacturing sites in the UK.
1917 The Pembrey factory was taken over by the Ministry of Munitions, becoming a National Filling Factory No. 18.
1918 New Explosives Co was incorporated into Explosives Trades Ltd as part of the merger of 29 makers of explosives[4]
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Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia