Tarmac Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Tar Macadam (Purnell Hooley's Patent) Syndicate Ltd
- Mitchell Construction Co Ltd
- Holland Hannen & Cubitts Ltd
- McClean, John, & Sons Ltd
- Carillion Plc
- Anglo American Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Non metallic mineral products manufacture
Cement, concrete, plaster & lime manufacture
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Non metallic mineral products manufacture
Cement, concrete, plaster, alabaster & artificial stone products manufacture
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Construction
Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
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Extraction
Sand & gravel extraction inc dredging
Notes:
Established 1903 as Tar Macadam (Purnell Hooley's Patent) Syndicate Ltd. In early years specialised in road construction. Developed rapidly after 1918 with road building programmes. Public company 1922 as Tarmac Ltd. From 1929 more rounded civil engineering contractor. Developed from 1950s into a leading UK construction, civil engineering, aggregates quarrying, house building and building products business with important international interests. Acquired, inter alia, Mitchell Construction Co Ltd in 1973, Holland Hannen & Cubitts Ltd in 1976 and John McClean & Sons Ltd in 1973. Demerged construction interests as Carillion Plc in 1999 and shortly afterwards acquired by Anglo American Plc. Continues
Publications:
- British Housebuilders. History and analysis by Wellings, Fred
- Century of Road Materials. The history of the Roadstone Division of Tarmac Ltd by Earle, James B F
- Fifty Years of Progress, 1903-1953 by Unknown
- Limestone quarries of Caldon Low, 1769-1939. Parts 1 and 2 by Jeuda, Basil S
- 'Sir William Francis, born 1926' in H Ferguson & M Chrimes, The Contractors by Ferguson, Hugh, & Mike Chrimes
- Story of Tarmac by Ritchie, Berry
- Tarmac. 80 years on by Unknown
- Tarmac. A story of achievement by Unknown
- Tarmac Construction by Unknown
- Tarmac Papers. The archives and history initiative of Tarmac Heavy Building Materials by Fenn, R W D (ed)
- Tarmac's Derbyshire Heritage, Parts 1 and 2 by Thomas, I A
- The Tarmac Archive by Fenn, R W D
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Tar Macadam (Purnell Hooley's Patent) Syndicate Ltd
- Mitchell Construction Co Ltd
- Holland Hannen & Cubitts Ltd
- McClean, John, & Sons Ltd
- Carillion Plc
- Anglo American Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Non metallic mineral products manufacture Cement, concrete, plaster & lime manufacture
- Non metallic mineral products manufacture Cement, concrete, plaster, alabaster & artificial stone products manufacture
- Construction Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
- Extraction Sand & gravel extraction inc dredging
Notes:
Established 1903 as Tar Macadam (Purnell Hooley's Patent) Syndicate Ltd. In early years specialised in road construction. Developed rapidly after 1918 with road building programmes. Public company 1922 as Tarmac Ltd. From 1929 more rounded civil engineering contractor. Developed from 1950s into a leading UK construction, civil engineering, aggregates quarrying, house building and building products business with important international interests. Acquired, inter alia, Mitchell Construction Co Ltd in 1973, Holland Hannen & Cubitts Ltd in 1976 and John McClean & Sons Ltd in 1973. Demerged construction interests as Carillion Plc in 1999 and shortly afterwards acquired by Anglo American Plc. ContinuesPublications:
- British Housebuilders. History and analysis by Wellings, Fred
- Century of Road Materials. The history of the Roadstone Division of Tarmac Ltd by Earle, James B F
- Fifty Years of Progress, 1903-1953 by Unknown
- Limestone quarries of Caldon Low, 1769-1939. Parts 1 and 2 by Jeuda, Basil S
- 'Sir William Francis, born 1926' in H Ferguson & M Chrimes, The Contractors by Ferguson, Hugh, & Mike Chrimes
- Story of Tarmac by Ritchie, Berry
- Tarmac. 80 years on by Unknown
- Tarmac. A story of achievement by Unknown
- Tarmac Construction by Unknown
- Tarmac Papers. The archives and history initiative of Tarmac Heavy Building Materials by Fenn, R W D (ed)
- Tarmac's Derbyshire Heritage, Parts 1 and 2 by Thomas, I A
- The Tarmac Archive by Fenn, R W D