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Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company. It was, for much of its history, the largest manufacturer in Britain. [1] Its headquarters were at Millbank in London. ICI was a constituent of the FT 30 and later the FTSE 100 indices. ICI was formed in 1926 as a result of the merger of four of
ICI Paints was formed in 1926. The Dulux paint brand was introduced in 1931. [2] The name Dulux is derived from the words Durable and Luxury. In the early days of its existence, decorators and their suppliers were the main customers for Dulux, with Say Dulux to your decorator used as an advertising slogan in the 1950s.
In 1965, Y. M. Khan became the first Pakistani chairman of ICI Pakistan at the age of 38. [3] During Khan's leadership, ICI Pakistan focused on industrial expansion, establishing a textile auxiliaries plant in Karachi, a pharmaceutical factory in Narayanganj in East Pakistan, and acquired the Fuller Paints factory in Lahore which was later renamed as Paintex.
In 1986 focusses to paint and specialty products with the purchase of Beatrice's Chemicals Division and Glidden Paint. [17] In 1993 ICI demerged its bioscience business, splitting into two the publicly listed companies: ICI and Zeneca. The latter would later go onto merge with Astra AB, forming the current pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca. [18]
The company shifted its business model by moving into agribusiness away from Dulux paints and fertilizer. To reflect the change the company was planning to change the name of the company. [ 4 ] The company followed up this by changing its name to the current name in 2011.
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