Invicta Plastics

Invicta Plastics Ltd.
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Defunct2013 (2013)
FateLiquidation
SuccessorMake a Material Difference Ltd.
Headquarters
  • Queen's Road, Leicester
  • Oadby, Leicester (demolished 2009)
  • Scudamore Rd., Leicester (2009-2013)
Key people
  • Lady Onslow (Chief Executive)
  • Edward Jones-Fenleigh (Founder)
Products
Number of employees
35 (2013)

Invicta Plastics Ltd. was a plastics manufacturing company,[1] founded in 1946[2][3] by Edward Jones-Fenleigh (Incorporated as a PLC in 1951, previously Invicta Industries).[4] They had a headquarters in Oadby up until 2009, when they moved to Scudamore Road,[4] where they remained until their insolvency in 2013.[5] They were particularly known for their production of the Mastermind Board Game.[3] They were also responsible for the manufacture of ‘Red Noses’ for Comic Relief in the 1980s and 1990s.[6]

  1. ^ "INVICTA PLASTICS LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
  2. ^ "Invicta Plastics Ltd - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  3. ^ a b "Invicta Toys and Games". 2007-08-12. Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  4. ^ a b "INVICTA PLASTICS LIMITED - Filing history (free information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-27.)
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Gyekye, Liz (2013-03-13). "Invicta Plastics claims world rPET first". Packaging News. Retrieved 2021-02-27.