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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
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
1 - Corporate records - 1955 - 1975
2 - Share records - 1951 - 1976
3 - Internal administration - 1962 - 1965
4 - Accounting and financial records - 1962 - 1965
5 - Legal records - 1964
6 - Operation records - 1961 - 1965
7 - Marketing and public relations - 1931 - 1979
1 - Stock catalogues - 1960 - 1972
4 - Photographs and videos - 1931 - 1979
5 - Press releases - 1962 - 1977
6 - Company magazines and publications - 1960 - 1974
7 - Miscellaneous - 1960 - 1979
1 - Papers mainly from Publicity Department concerning the re-organisation of ICI Metals to IMI (Kynoch) together with correspondence re 'Old Friends with a New Name' booklet - 1962
2 - Correspondence, publicity leaflets etc. re the 'Kygard' Process, the use of benzotriazole to prevent tarnishing of copper and brass (Target 1 Leaflet above) - 1962 - 1964
3 - Papers concerning copper 'Tube-in-Strip' panels. Includes article re application of the strip in solar heating panels - 1960 - 1968
4 - Publicity file for 'Products for the Chemical and petroleum Industries' leaflet - 1962
5 - Publicity file for proposed Cooper Products brochure in German - 1963
6 - Notes re Rod Mill Casting Plant and IMI Refiners Shapes Plant, publicity exercise - 1972
7 - Papers re British Kynoch Metals Ltd., Symposium - 'The importance of the price factor in copper and copper alloys and its effects on substitution - 1965
8 - Material relating to the official opening of the modernised strip mill at Witton. Includes minutes of meetings, press cuttings, advertising and official opening brochures and information, photographs - 1964
9 - Correspondence and examples re the 'IMI Titanium in the Aircraft Industry' brochure in English, French and German versions - 1961 - 1967
10 - Correspondence, technical reports, press material, newspaper cuttings etc. re New Metals press day, 8 November 1963, publicising the titanium and other new metals plants at Witton - 1963 - 1964
11 - Correspondence, press material, news cuttings, photographs etc. re Titanium press day, 3 May 1968, on the occasion of visit by John Stonehouse, MP, Minister for Technology to open new titanium melting furnace at Witton. Includes tape recording and transcripts of speeches - 1968
12 - Papers re 'use of Titanium Anode Baskets for Nickel plating', 1st and 2nd symposiums, November 1962, June 1963 - 1962 - 1963
13 - Papers re 'Titanium Jigs and carriers', Symposium, May 1963 - FORMAT? - 1963
14 - Pamphlet 'Electron-beam melting of metals' by Helmut Gruber. Reprinted from 'metal treatment and Drop Forging' - 1962
15 - Papers re visit of Monsieur Mirassou to Witton concerning preparation for an article on Concorde and IMI's titanium production for aircraft industry - 1967
16 - Data sheet, IMI 'Nicomax' Niobium - Titanium Alloy wires for superconducting applications - 1967
17 - Papers etc. re symposium, 'The use of Titanium in the Chemical Industry', held at Witton 29-30 November - 1967
18 - Proceedings of European symposium, 'Titanium in Aircraft', Witton, October 1962 - 1962 - 1962
19 - Miscellaneous publicity material, correspondence etc. re applications of titanium and new metals and associated subjects - 1962 - 1972
20 - Correspondence, press material etc. concerning Eley Ammunitions Group Press Day, to publicise the new plant at Witton for the manufacture of Eley waterproof cartridges, 17 June 1965 - 1965
21 - Eley Game Advisory Station Annual Reports [1968/9 missing] - 1964 - 1970
22 - Eley Game Advisory Station Booklets on game conservation and breeding - 1964 - 1968
23 - Miscellaneous file containing publicity handouts, press releases, photographs etc. re Eley game reserve, Eley cartridges etc. - 1960 - 1969
24 - Kynoch Press Diary and Notebook [1959 missing] - 1951 - 1963
25 - Miscellaneous files re Kynoch Press including press cuttings, printing manuals, press releases, correspondence photographs etc. 'Kynoch Pree, a high quality printing subsidiary of IMI Ltd. was acquired by Gilmour and Dean Holdings Ltd. in 1979' - 1942 - 1979
26 - Correspondence, publicity handouts, press releases, plans, re launch of 'Impala', a new gas fired domestic central hating system developed by IMI Ltd. - 1973
27 - Correspondence, news cuttings, photographs, publicity material re the opening of IMI Impala Ltd. a new factory at Telford by Rt. Hon. John Silkin, MP on Friday 14 June 1974 - 1974
28 - Publicity correspondence, press handouts, articles, photographs, concerning WUPE (Waste Utilisation Project Energy) a refuse burning system developed by IMI on site at Witton - 1975 - 1977
29 - Correspondence, press releases, trade brochures, news cuttings, photographs etc. re former companies and activities. Comprising of: IMI Pneumatics, IMI Decorative Titanium, IMI Alloy Steels Ltd., Trent Software Ltd., Scottish Sea Farms, Iran project, IMI Contract testing Services, IMI Printing Products (Aquamer) - CHECK FORMAT - 1970 - 1979
30 - Correspondence, press releases, trade brochures, photographs, news cuttings re former companies and activities. Comprising of: IMI Tungsten Ltd., IMI Waterheating International, Tamworth Tube products Ltd., IMI Engineering Composites, IMI Safety Systems - 1972 - 1979
31 - Miscellaneous collection of trade brochures and literature relating to off-Witton companies. Includes Santon Ltd., Wolverhampton metal, IMI Range Ltd. - 1965 - 1968
32 - Papers, correspondence, newscuttings, re conference on 'Productivity, Prices and Incomes', held 12 August 1965, with follow up discussion papers - 1965 - 1966
33 - File re various publicity events concerning the 1966 World Cup staged in Britain. Includes World Cup luncheon at Witton, 14 July 1966, souvenir programme etc. - 1966
10 - Other - 1965 - 1978
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