Cotton mills to chemical plants : a chapter in the recent industrial history of Stalybridge
Craig, Tom2011
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The origin and growth of the Sterling Group of companies in Stalybridge. In 1945 the cotton industry in the UK was dying, and many mills in Stalybridge and Dukinfield lay empty. Rudy Sternberg, a London-based trader, bought 5 of these mills and 2 large former engineering sites for conversion to chemical plants. The conversions began in 1948 at Albion Mill with the manufacture of phenolic resin moulding materials. Growth and diversification of Sternberg's operations continued for the next 30 years, and by 1979 they employed about 1000 people. Polystyrene manufacture became the biggest business, producing 60,000 tonnes per year in the late 1970s. Research and development work in Stalybridge created advances in plastics manufacturing technology that were adopted worldwide.
Main title:
Cotton mills to chemical plants : a chapter in the recent industrial history of Stalybridge / Tom Craig and John Bowes.
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Imprint:
The authors, 2013.
Notes:
Spiral binding.
ISBN:
0000034916
Dewey class:
942.7357
Local class:
942.7357Local HistoryLocal History 942.7357
Language:
English
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BRN:
2423180