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MS 1422 - Records of IMI Plc. and subsidiary firms - 19th - 20th cent.
1 - Allen Everitt & Sons Ltd. of Smethwick - 1800 - 1944
2 - Amal Ltd. - 1949 - 1963
3 - Barton & Williams Company (Birmingham Ltd.) - 1932 - 1972
4 - C. Binks (1920) Ltd. - 1920 - 1927
5 - The Birmingham Metal & Munitions Company Ltd. - 1897 - 1920
6 - Bonas Tapes Ltd. - 1968 - 1971
7 - British Copper Manufacturers Ltd. - 1839 - 1945
8 - Broderick Insulated Structures Ltd. - 1948 - 1969
9 - Broughton Copper Co. Ltd. - 1800 - 1944
10 - Brown & Barlow Ltd. - 1904 - 1927
11 - Clix Fasteners (UK) Ltd. - 1943 - 1971
12 - Coles Radiators Ltd. - 1962 - 1969
13 - Darlow Ltd. - 1902
14 - Dukes & Briggs Engineering Company Ltd. - 1953 - 1972
15 - Elliots Metal Company Ltd. - 1832 - 1970
16 - Excelsior Motor Radiator Company Ltd. of Leeds - 1919 - 1952
17 - Explosive Trades Ltd. - 1918 - 1920
18 - The Forward Engineering Company of Birmingham - 1881 - 1905
19 - Fyffe & Co. Ltd. of Dundee - 1924 - 1959
20 - H. Gill (Stampings) Ltd. of Nechells - 1919 - 1966
21 - Greens Patent Tube Company - 1866 - 1879
22 - Grice, Grice & Son Ltd. - 1904 - 1930
23 - Hadley & Shorthouse Ltd. - 1839 - 1899
24 - Hardy's Motor Radiators Ltd. - 1960 - 1969
25 - Headley, Birch & Company Ltd. - 1919 - 1974
26 - Hughes-Stubbs Metal Company Ltd. - 1906 - 1926
27 - ICI Ltd. and ICI (Export) Ltd. - 1955 - 1977
28 - ICI Metals Ltd. - 20th cent.
29 - Irish Metal Industries Ltd. - 1950
30 - John Bibby, Sons & Company (Garston) Ltd. - 1861 - 1942
31 - John Marston Ltd. of Wolverhampton - 1895 - 1944
32 - Kings Norton Metal Company Ltd. - 19th - 20th cent.
33 - G. Kynoch & Company Ltd. - 1859 - 1899
34 - Kynoch Ltd. - 19th - 20th cent.
35 - Kynoch Estate Company - 1899 - 1901
36 - J. W. Lawrence Ltd. - 1953 - 1972
37 - Lightning Fastners Ltd. - 1920 - 1980
1 - Corporate records - 1925 - 1973
2 - Share records - 1953 - 1962
5 - Legal records - 1937 - 1939
6 - Operational records - 1921 - 1975
5 - Correspondence - The following are correspondence files re Societe Anonyme Fermeture Eclair (S. A. F. E.) (a foreign subsidiary company of ICI) - 1921 - 1939
1 - File 1: Change of financial year - 1929
2 - File 2: Proposed arrangements for supply of unfinished fastener no. 4 Boot Chain - 1924 - 1926
3 - File 3: Registration of trade marks in France - 1924 - 1932
5 - File 5: Initial selling policy - 1924 - 1925
6 - File 6: Patent position in France (with copies of patents) - 1909 - 1925
7 - File 7 and 8: Negotiations with (Messrs) Establishments Davey, Bickford Smith, Rouen re formation of French Company for the manufacture and sale of Lightning Fasteners - 1923 - 1924
8 - File 9: Confidential reports leading up to and concerning early negotiations with Messrs Davey Bickford, Smith - 1923 - 1924
9 - File 10: Competition - 1924
10 - File 11: Price lists - 1925
11 - File 12: Shareholders - 1924 - 1934
12 - File 13: Granting power of attorney to Mr Hyde of Fermeture Eclair - 1935
13 - File 14: General correspondence - 1925 - 1939
14 - File 15: Articles of association - 1925
15 - File 16: Charles Schumacter - 1921 - 1922
16 - File 17: Ander Houdarrd, agent of Auster products in France - 1921 - 1924
17 - File 18: General correspondence - 1926 - 1939
6 - Other records concerning operation of business - These files have been kept as they are and not arranged in the categories that other records have because they form distinct and obvious filing systems, i.e. those files relating to plastic fasteners, lightning fasteners, and sales. These groups of files include information about development, prices, and policies etc. - 1933 - 1951
8 - Research and development records - This series of records includes notes and reports of visits to other companies around the world, market surveys, development records, studies, and observations. - 1937 - 1975
7 - Marketing and public relations - 1920 - 1980
8 - Staff and employment records - 1929
9 - Premises and property records - 1933
10 - Other - 1959 - 1962
38 - Marston Excelsior Ltd. of Wolverhampton - 1935 - 1968
39 - Muntz's Metal Company Ltd. of Smethwick - 1846 - 1939
40 - Newnham Ltd. - 1903 - 1924
41 - Norman Isherwood Ltd. - 1960 - 1973
42 - Optilon Ltd. - 1957 - 1973
43 - J. F. Ratcliff (Holdings) Ltd. - 1951 - 1963
44 - Reeves & Co. (Birmingham Ltd.) - 1939 - 1967
45 - Richard Walker Ltd. - 1911 - 1921
46 - Richardsons (Dublin) Ltd. - 1950
47 - Scottish Non-Ferrous Tube Industries Ltd. - 1949 - 1954
48 - Smokeless Powder and Ammunition Company Ltd. - 1886 - 1905
49 - Steatite & Porcelain Productions Ltd. - 1940 - 1956
50 - J. Stern (Fastners) Ltd. - 1961 - 1968
51 - Stewart King Industries Ltd. - 1943 - 1972
52 - Suez Contractors (Ammunition) Ltd. - 1955 - 1957
53 - Three Counties Pneumatic Products Ltd. - 1968 - 1977
54 - R.E. Voisey Ltd. - 1921 - 1969
55 - Waterheating Systems No. 2 Ltd. - 1970 - 1971
56 - Wilcox & Lines Ltd. - 1949 - 1975
57 - William Cooper Goode Ltd. - 1910 - 1925
59 - Williams Foster & Company and Pascoe, Grenfell & Sons Ltd. - 1835 - 1892
60 - Winfield Rolling Mills Ltd. - 1888 - 1977
61 - The Yorkshire Copper Works Ltd. and The Yorkshire Copper Works Holdings Ltd. - 1909 - 1970
62 - Imperial Metal Industries (Kynoch) Ltd. - 1931 - 1979
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