United Alkali Company

United Alkali Company Ltd
Company typeLtd
IndustryBulk chemicals
Predecessor48 separate companies
Founded1890
Defunct1926
FateMerger
SuccessorImperial Chemical Industries
HeadquartersWidnes
ProductsSoda 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.

  1. ^ "Fleetwood's Maritime Heritage". United Alkali. 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.