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Bridport Industries Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Hounsells (Bridport) Ltd
  • Edwards, Wm, & Son (Bridport) Ltd
  • Gundry, Joseph, & Co Ltd
  • Bridport Gundry Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Bridport, Dorset, Dorset, South West, England

Sectors:

  • Textile production Canvas, etc, production inc ship sails, tents, sacks, etc
  • Textile production Rope, twine & net production

Notes:

Established in 1947 to effect the merger of Hounsells (Bridport) Ltd and Wm Edwards & Son (Bridport) Ltd. Both companies had been formed through merger of ten old established businesses. Made nets and cordage and sometime canvas. 1963 merged with the sole surviving other Bridport net/cordage business, Joseph Gundry & Co Ltd, to form Bridport Gundry Ltd. Continues

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