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 162,345 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.

Sheffield Insulations

From Graces Guide

Manufacturer and dealer in insulation materials for buildings.

1957 Sheffield Insulating Co Ltd was incorporated

1970 The company was renamed Sheffield Insulations Ltd which was a subsidiary of Sheffield Insulating Co Ltd [1]

By 1989 was Sheffield Insulations Group plc.

1990 Sheffield Insulations Group was being referred to as SIG[2]

1994 Acquired Freeman Group

1998 Was Europe's largest insulation distributor; its management considered taking the company private[3] but this did not proceed.

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Sources of Information

  1. 1978 Annual report
  2. The Times Feb. 2, 1990
  3. The Times Oct. 31, 1998