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 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 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.

Packaging Products Group

From Graces Guide

1960 Packaging Products (Holdings) formed as a joint venture between Lloyd's Packing Warehouses and the Packing Materials Association, to combine their waterproof and waxed paper manufacturing interests.[1]

1967 Merger of the interests of 3 companies in waterproof papers, plastic films and bags, self-adhesive tapes and other products - Cope, Allman and Co, Capseals Ltd and PMA Holdings. Later Capseals acquired its partner's interests[2]

1980 Acquired waterproof paper subsidiary of Jefferson Smurfit[3]

1982 Worcester Engineering acquired the Packaging Products subsidiary of Capseals specialising in waterproof and barrier papers[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, February 4, 1960
  2. The Times, Aug 14, 1967
  3. The Times May 08, 1980
  4. The Times, Mar 19, 1982