BPB Industries Ltd
Other Business Names:
- British Plaster Board
- BPB Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Erith, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Northwich, Cheshire West & Chester, Cheshire, North West, England
- Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, North West, England
Sectors:
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Non metallic mineral products manufacture
Cement, concrete, plaster, alabaster & artificial stone products manufacture
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Extraction
Gypsum extraction
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Paper & paper products manufacture
Paper containers & other packaging production
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Paper & paper products manufacture
Paper production inc wood pulp
Notes:
Traced origins to 1915 when established at Wallasey by a group of investors as British Plaster Board. Incorporated 1917. Public company 1932. 1933 opened major new plant at Erith. 1935 acquired The Gotham Co Ltd, gypsum producers. Post 1945 made numerous acquisitions in UK and overseas and emerged as a leading UK public company. Diversified into paper/container manufacture through acquisition of C Davidsons & Sons Ltd in 1953 and Radcliffe Paper Mill Co Ltd in 1963. Made plasterboard and other building products. 1965 renamed BPB Industries Ltd and later BPB Group. 2005 acquired by Saint Gobain of France
Publications:
- Davidsons of Mugiemoss. A history of C Davidson & Sons, makers of wrapping papers, paper bags, paperboard and plasterboard liner by Bartlett, J Neville
- 'Forty years on. BPB Paperboard Ltd' in J N Bartlett, Davidsons of Mugiemoss by Barringer, D A
- History of BPB Industries by Unknown
- Innovations in Building Materials. An economic study by Bowley, Marian
- Saga of British Industry. The story of the British Plaster Board Group by Routley, John
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- British Plaster Board
- BPB Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Erith, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Northwich, Cheshire West & Chester, Cheshire, North West, England
- Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside, North West, England
Sectors:
- Non metallic mineral products manufacture Cement, concrete, plaster, alabaster & artificial stone products manufacture
- Extraction Gypsum extraction
- Paper & paper products manufacture Paper containers & other packaging production
- Paper & paper products manufacture Paper production inc wood pulp
Notes:
Traced origins to 1915 when established at Wallasey by a group of investors as British Plaster Board. Incorporated 1917. Public company 1932. 1933 opened major new plant at Erith. 1935 acquired The Gotham Co Ltd, gypsum producers. Post 1945 made numerous acquisitions in UK and overseas and emerged as a leading UK public company. Diversified into paper/container manufacture through acquisition of C Davidsons & Sons Ltd in 1953 and Radcliffe Paper Mill Co Ltd in 1963. Made plasterboard and other building products. 1965 renamed BPB Industries Ltd and later BPB Group. 2005 acquired by Saint Gobain of FrancePublications:
- Davidsons of Mugiemoss. A history of C Davidson & Sons, makers of wrapping papers, paper bags, paperboard and plasterboard liner by Bartlett, J Neville
- 'Forty years on. BPB Paperboard Ltd' in J N Bartlett, Davidsons of Mugiemoss by Barringer, D A
- History of BPB Industries by Unknown
- Innovations in Building Materials. An economic study by Bowley, Marian
- Saga of British Industry. The story of the British Plaster Board Group by Routley, John