Brittains Ltd

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  • Paper & paper products manufacture Paper production inc wood pulp

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Traced origins to Thomas Brittain who in 1855 acquired Ivy House Mill, Hanley, and started papermaking. By 1866 trading as Thomas Brittain & Son. 1890 combined with nearby Cheddleton Mill and incorporated as Brittains Ltd. Early on made tissue paper for the local ceramics industry for transfer purposes and after 1895 specialised in carbon paper for typewriters. Early 20th century made tin coated tissue and rolled aluminium foil. 1959 public company.1968 merged with Riegel Paper Corp of USA. Subsequently expanded but collapsed in 1979.

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