Air Products (Great Britain) Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Air Products Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- New Malden, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Chemical making, oil refining, etc, plant production
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Chemical production
industrial & medical gases production
Notes:
UK subsidiary of Air Products of USA, established at Detroit in 1940, later at Allentown, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of industrial gases and associated production plant. Established 1950s as a joint venture with the Butterley Co Ltd of UK to make equipment for manufacture of industrial gases. Soon fully owned by Air Products and diversified into manufacture of gases. Operated in direct competition with British Oxygen Co Ltd and ultimately destroyed its market dominance. Latterly known as Air Products Plc. Continues in 2015 when head office at New Malden and manufacturing plant elsewhere
Publications:
- Air Products Career Development Programme Graduates 1980 by Unknown
- Air Products Ltd. Technology for British industry by Unknown
- CryoGen Looks at 25 Years of Air Products by Unknown
- Out of Thin Air. A history of Air Products & Chemicals Inc, 1940-1990 by Butrica, Andrew
- 'Trauma of competition'. The entry of Air Products Inc into the industrial gases business in Britain and continental Europe, 1947-70 by Banken, Ralf, & Ray Stokes
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Air Products Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- New Malden, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Chemical making, oil refining, etc, plant production
- Chemical production industrial & medical gases production
Notes:
UK subsidiary of Air Products of USA, established at Detroit in 1940, later at Allentown, Pennsylvania, manufacturers of industrial gases and associated production plant. Established 1950s as a joint venture with the Butterley Co Ltd of UK to make equipment for manufacture of industrial gases. Soon fully owned by Air Products and diversified into manufacture of gases. Operated in direct competition with British Oxygen Co Ltd and ultimately destroyed its market dominance. Latterly known as Air Products Plc. Continues in 2015 when head office at New Malden and manufacturing plant elsewherePublications:
- Air Products Career Development Programme Graduates 1980 by Unknown
- Air Products Ltd. Technology for British industry by Unknown
- CryoGen Looks at 25 Years of Air Products by Unknown
- Out of Thin Air. A history of Air Products & Chemicals Inc, 1940-1990 by Butrica, Andrew
- 'Trauma of competition'. The entry of Air Products Inc into the industrial gases business in Britain and continental Europe, 1947-70 by Banken, Ralf, & Ray Stokes