Nevertheless it is satisfactory to report that in the China market British dyes show a decided advance in popular favour. Satisfactory galling organizations have been brought into being, and they offer to the buyer the same technical services which are a feature of the German and Swiss organizations.
ference is made above to the steps which were taken shortly after the outbreak of the European war to build up an adequate dyestuil industry in Great Britain, With Government assistance British Dyes Ld. was established in 1915, an existing dyestuff plant was greatly enlarged and an entirely new factory of the most modern type built in Huddersfield. The work of this and other dyestuff firms during the war years consisted largely of providing dyes and chemicals for war requirements and of providing a surplus of dyestuffs to enable the country to maintain its highly important textile industries. An amalgamation of the Government company and the largest private dyestuff firm in the country resulted, in 1919, in the formation of the British Dyestuffs Corporation Ld., a firm comparable in its scope with the big dyestuff factories of the Rhine. As indicating the progress made in the few years since the war it may be mentioned that this company alone, manufactures about 400 individual dyestuffs which are separate and distinct chemical compounds, in addition to a large number of medicinal products, photographic chemicals, ete.
Towards the end of last year this com-purely commercial peace-time footing by pany was reorganized and placed on a purchasing the Government holding of Preference shares. Its position to-day is a strong one. It maintains a large and growing staff of research chemists and kas a strong board of directors, amongst whom are Lord Ashfield and Sir Alfred Mond, and on the scientific side Dr. E. Armstrong, a distinguished chemist of wide manufacturing and business experlence, and Professor Perkin, the son of the late Sir William Perkin, the founder of the coal-tar dyestuff industry.
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