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At the time, Courtaulds had about a thousand employees in the UK, of whom 300 were employed at a tights factory. [25] Sara Lee conceded that it had effectively "given away" the unit. [27] In 2007, Courtaulds Textiles employed around 20,000 people across 16 countries in Europe, North America and Asia. [26]
The origins of the company lie with two brothers, Henri and Camille Dreyfus.In 1912, they set up "Cellonit Gesellschaft Dreyfus and Co" in Basel, Switzerland.In 1916, the brothers were invited to live in Britain by the British Government, to produce their recently developed cellulose acetate dope for the war effort; the canvas skins of aircraft of the time were sealed and made taut with ...
Samuel Courtauld (1876–1947): became Chairman of Courtaulds in 1921, but today is probably better known as the founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. Sir Stephen Courtauld MC (1883–1967), was also an arts patron and, like the earlier Samuel Courtauld, developed a talent for country house restoration.
AkzoNobel took over Courtaulds in 1998 when the Coatings & Sealants division was Courtaulds' most profitable activity. International Paint Limited were fined £650,000 and ordered to pay costs of £145,000 following the release of highly toxic tributyltin (TBT) biocidal antifouling compound from a storage tank at a former paint testing site at ...
Gossard is a Nottingham-based brand and manufacturer of women's undergarments and hosiery. [1] Founded in the early 20th century in Chicago as H. W. Gossard Co., it expanded quickly, flourishing in the 1920s.
Vera Isabella Furness MBE (2 June 1921 –2002) was an English chemist and industrial manager who worked for Courtaulds in Coventry and later Campsie from 1953 to 1981. She worked on the production of the acrylic Courtelle and developed a copolymer that would allow for a more successful commercial dying of the filter.
South Chicago Heights is located at (41.483375, −87.637461 [ 3 ] According to the 2010 census, South Chicago Heights has a total area of 1.596 square miles (4.13 km 2 ), of which 1.58 square miles (4.09 km 2 ) (or 99%) is land and 0.016 square miles (0.04 km 2 ) (or 1%) is water.
Thiokol was an American corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems. Its name is a portmanteau of the Greek words for sulfur (Greek: θεῖον, romanized: theion) and glue (Greek: κόλλα, romanized: kolla), an allusion to the company's initial product, Thiokol polymer.