Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company. It was, for much of its history, the largest manufacturer in Britain. It was formed by the merger of four leading British chemical companies in 1926.
Its headquarters were at Millbank in London.
ICI was a constituent of the FT 30 and later the FTSE 100 indices.
The Revenue Of ICI was £4.85 Billion in 2006.
ICI made general chemicals, plastics, paints, pharmaceuticals and speciality products, including food ingredients, speciality polymers, electronic materials, fragrances and flavourings. In 2008, it was acquired by AkzoNobel, which immediately sold parts of ICI to Henkel, and integrated ICI's remaining operations within its existing organisation.
ICI also owned the Sunbeam motorcycle business, which had come with Nobel Industries, and continued to build motorcycles until 1937.
During the Second World War, ICI was involved with the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons programme codenamed Tube Alloys.
ICI operated a number of chemical sites around the world.
Today we see what's left, special thanks to @ConqueredAdventures for the Tripod 🙂
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15 сен 2024
