Alcan Aluminium (UK)
1967 Alcan Aluminium of Montreal transferred its 3 British subsidiary companies into a new holding company Alcan Aluminium (UK) Ltd[1] which owned Alcan London.
1968 Started construction of a primary aluminium smelter at Lynemouth, Northumberland, stimulated by government funding[2]; this included a dedicated power station Lynemouth Power Station.
1969 The UK operations of Alcan were:[3]:
- Alcan London
- Alindustries
- Alcanuk, marketing aluminium ingots and some related chemicals
- Share of Alcan Enfield Alloys - Enfield Rolling Mills and London Colney refinery; the other 50 percent was owned by Enfield Rolling Mills (Aluminium) Ltd
- Share of Booth - the other 50 percent owned by Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation.
1970 Formation of Alcan Booth Industries from merger of Alcan Industries and James Booth Aluminium[4]
1970 Alcan Booth Industries acquired 25 percent of Thomas Bennett of Leeds, glass merchants and makers of aluminium shop front systems and laminated glass[5]
1971 The Lynmouth smelter, which had been much delayed, started production
1973 Alcan Aluminium (UK) owned (75 percent) Alcan Booth Industries which had several subsidiaries including: Alcan Booth Sheet and Alcan Booth Extrusions. The remainder was owned by Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation[6]
1974 The capacity of the Lynmouth smelter was reduced by 80% to 100,000 tons due to the introduction of the 3-day week and power restrictions.[7]
c.1976 Alcan Aluminium acquired Thomas Bennett (of Leeds), glass makers, as its first diversification move away from metals.
1978 New factory to make bullet-resistant safety glass in Leeds.[8]
1982 The Canadian-owned Alcan Aluminium UK Ltd acquired British Aluminium Co, the resultant new company being called British Alcan Ltd.