This 1971 report outlines the work the company had done so far on the change from Casein to Acetate material and the additional equipment or alterations to present equipment requirements to complete the changeover. The report was sent to Mr. Smith, Mr. Duff and Mr Thomson from Mr. George Campbell, with input from Mr. Robert [...]
PHS comb expert Jen Cruse explores the development of the Scottish comb-making industry. Introduction The craft of fashioning combs changed little over the centuries and never had a high profile in the manufacturing world, being described as ‘one of the most miserable trades’, unexplored and undervalued. But the Invention in 1796 by William Bundy, of [...]
In the early part of the 20th Century, an organisation called “The Artificial Horn Manufacturers Association” was established. I wonder if this caused consternation in the Worshipful Company of Horners, the guild historically charged with protecting the craft of the authentic workers in horn? Fortunately, it soon became apparent that this organisation was the Trade [...]
It’s whisky (bottle-tops) galore at new factory Bright news on the industrial front and Aberdeen this week with a rejuvenated city industrial concern poised to take the lead in the modern plastics industry in Scotland. The Old homeworks in Hutcheon Street, which was taken over nine months ago by a Glasgow Plastics firm, is now [...]
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