Cape Asbestos Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Cape Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Extraction
Asbestos extraction
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Non metallic mineral products manufacture
Asbestos products manufacture
Notes:
Established in 1893 to import and manufacture insulation products. Opened first factory, at Turin, in 1894 followed by others at Barking and in West Yorkshire. Established asbestos mines in South Africa and made asbestos based products in which it became a UK leader. 1976 developed a scaffolding business. Sold South African mines in 1979 and stopped manufacture of asbestos products 1982. Subsequently renamed Cape Plc and continues as a major insulation and access group
Publications:
- Defending the Indefensible. The global asbestos industry and its fight for survival by McCullock, Jock, & Geoffrey Tweedale
- Diamond Jubilee by Unknown
- Piercing the corporate veil. Cape industries and multinational corporate liability for a toxic hazard, 1950-2004 by Tweedale, Geoffrey, & L Flynn
- Story of the Cape Asbestos Co Ltd, 1893-1953 by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Cape Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Extraction Asbestos extraction
- Non metallic mineral products manufacture Asbestos products manufacture
Notes:
Established in 1893 to import and manufacture insulation products. Opened first factory, at Turin, in 1894 followed by others at Barking and in West Yorkshire. Established asbestos mines in South Africa and made asbestos based products in which it became a UK leader. 1976 developed a scaffolding business. Sold South African mines in 1979 and stopped manufacture of asbestos products 1982. Subsequently renamed Cape Plc and continues as a major insulation and access groupPublications:
- Defending the Indefensible. The global asbestos industry and its fight for survival by McCullock, Jock, & Geoffrey Tweedale
- Diamond Jubilee by Unknown
- Piercing the corporate veil. Cape industries and multinational corporate liability for a toxic hazard, 1950-2004 by Tweedale, Geoffrey, & L Flynn
- Story of the Cape Asbestos Co Ltd, 1893-1953 by Unknown