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Bickford Smith and Davey, Pendarves Street, Tuckingmill, Camborne
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Explosives Trades Ltd; 29 companies would exchange shares with new company; 1926 to ICI | 1918-1926
1918 Explosives Trades Ltd was formed to bring together the UK explosives industry into one entity; 29 companies would exchange shares with the new company
1920 The name of Explosives Trades was changed to Nobel Industries, to reflect the widening of its industrial interests
1926 McGowan was instrumental in the merger of Nobel Industries with three other companies, Brunner, Mond and Co, the United Alkali Company and the British Dyestuffs Corporation, to form Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI)
1918 Explosives Trades Ltd was formed to bring together the UK explosives industry into one entity; 29 companies would exchange shares with the new company:
- Alliance Explosives Co
- Australian Explosives and Chemical Co
- Bickford, Smith and Co
- William Bennett, Sons and Co
- St. Helens Electric Fuse Co
- Unity Safety Fuse Co
- Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co
- British Explosives Syndicate
- British South African Explosives Co
- British Westfalite
- Cotton Powder Co
- Curtis's and Harvey
- E. C. Powder Co
- Eley Brothers
- Eley Brothers (Canada)
- Abbey Improved Chilled Shot Co
- Elterwater Gunpowder Co
- Kings Norton Metal Co
- Kynoch
- Kynoch-Arklow
- National Explosives Co
- New Explosives Co
- Nobel Explosives
- Electric Blasting Apparatus Co
- Patent Electric Shot Firing Co
- Roburite and Ammonal
- Sedgwick Gunpowder Co
- Schultze Gunpowder Co
- W. H. Wakefield and Co
Sir Harry McGowan of Nobel's was to be chairman and managing director of Explosives Trades Limited[3].
1920 The name of Explosives Trades was changed to Nobel Industries, to reflect the widening of its industrial interests. [4]
1924 The main business was in making blasting explosives; next most important was the metals business which included ammunition, the Sunbeam cycle and motor-cycle business, Amac carburettors, and Rotax motor accessories; in addition there were various industrial holdings[5].
1926 McGowan was instrumental in the merger of Nobel Industries with three other companies, Brunner, Mond and Co, the United Alkali Company and the British Dyestuffs Corporation, to form Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI); McGowan became president of the new company. Imperial Chemical Industries was then one of Britain's largest firms. Nobel Industries continued as the ICI Nobel division of the company.
1932 Incorporated in the new ICI (Explosives) which would include 11 companies controlled by ICI[6].
| Owner of original | Graces Guides |
| Date | 1918-1926 |
| Linked to | Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (Cornwall), Cornwall; Bickford Smith and Davey, Pendarves Street, Tuckingmill, Camborne; Messrs. Bickford Smith and Co., Camborne; National Explosives Co, Hayle Towans, Upton Towans, Hayle |
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