Company type | Ltd |
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Industry | Bulk chemicals |
Predecessor | 48 separate companies |
Founded | 1890 |
Defunct | 1926 |
Fate | Merger |
Successor | Imperial Chemical Industries |
Headquarters | Widnes |
Products | Soda ash |
United Alkali Company Limited was a British chemical company formed in 1890, employing the Leblanc process to produce soda ash for the glass, textile, soap, and paper industries.[1] It became one of the top four British chemical companies merged in 1926 with Brunner Mond, Nobel Explosives and British Dyestuffs Corporation to form Imperial Chemical Industries.