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British Nylon Spinners (BNS) was a British company set up in 1940 by ICI and Courtaulds to produce nylon yarn. In 1964 it was taken over by ICI after ICI had tried and failed to take over …

2019年4月2日 · In March 1948 BNS moved from plants in Coventry and Stowmarket to a new, purpose-built site in Mamhilad, Pontypool, South Wales. At its height as many as 10,000 …

2003年3月31日 · THE FINAL few workers at a Pontypool textile factory which once employed 8,000 people worked their last production shift today.

2017年12月6日 · in 1939, ICI took out a licence to manufacture nylon fibre. Realising that they needed the experience of a specialized textile firm, ICI formed a partnership with Courtaulds, …

2012年11月19日 · Raw nylon material was manufactured at a new ICI plant on Teeside and transported down to South Wales for processing. BNS ceased to exist in the mid 1960s and …

Part of ICI. 1964 Formation of ICI Fibres, to take over the ICI interests in textile and fibres and British Nylon Spinners; this made it the third largest fibre group in the world [1] 1974 Opened a …

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on his discussions with Imperial Chemical Industries Fibres, Pontypool, relating to the future of the fibres research and …

2021年2月19日 · British Nylon Spinners was created in 1940 by ICI and Coutaulds to produce nylon yarn. After the Second World War, they acquired a site at Mamhilad, two miles north …