Berry Wiggins & Co Ltd

Sectors:

  • Oil, coal, coke, etc, products manufacture Oil products refining
  • Chemical production Paint, varnish, mastic, glue, resin, white lead, etc, production

Notes:

Traced origins to 1922 when established at Stratford, East London, as a bitumen manufacturer. 1929 converted to public company. 1930 built a major bitumen refinery at Kingsnorth. An important product was paint. Post 1945 diversified into related interests such as North Sea Oil exploration and services. Renamed KCA Drilling, later KCA International, in mid 1970s

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