Shaw Wallace & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Sime Darby
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Calcutta, India
Sectors:
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
General trading co & agency house activities
Notes:
Established 1886 as a Calcutta agency house focusing on textiles, tea and silk. Established plantation companies and textile mills. Developed important coal, oil and kerosene businesses, in particular representing Burmah Oil until 1927. Incorporated 1946. 1972, when still flourishing, acquired by Sime Darby
Publications:
- History of Shaw Wallace & Co and Shaw Wallace & Co Ltd by Townend, Harry
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Sime Darby
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Calcutta, India
Sectors:
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading co & agency house activities
Notes:
Established 1886 as a Calcutta agency house focusing on textiles, tea and silk. Established plantation companies and textile mills. Developed important coal, oil and kerosene businesses, in particular representing Burmah Oil until 1927. Incorporated 1946. 1972, when still flourishing, acquired by Sime DarbyPublications:
- History of Shaw Wallace & Co and Shaw Wallace & Co Ltd by Townend, Harry