The roots of the UK’s chemicals industry extend deep into the past and it is still a vibrant element in the UK economy. Ruari McCallion takes a litmus test.
Any consideration of the UK’s chemical industry cannot ignore the role of ICI – Imperial Chemical Industries – which was, for almost 70 years, the country’s largest manufacturing business. It was a huge company with interests sprawling across pharmaceuticals, agrichemicals; polymers; paints; commodity chemicals; industrial chemicals, and fibres. Its inventions included polythene; PET (polyethylene terephthalate…
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