Courtaulds

Courtaulds
IndustryTextiles, Chemicals
Founded1794; 230 years ago (1794)
FounderGeorge Courtauld
Defunct2000 / 2006
FateAcquired
SuccessorSara Lee / Akzo Nobel
HeadquartersCoventry
Key people
George Courtauld
Samuel Courtauld
ProductsTextiles, Chemicals
Websitewww.akzonobel.com Edit this on Wikidata

Courtaulds was a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of fabric, clothing, artificial fibres, and chemicals. It was established in 1794 and became the world's leading man-made fibre production company before being broken up in 1990 into Courtaulds plc and Courtaulds Textiles Ltd.