Courtaulds

Courtaulds
IndustryTextiles, Chemicals
Founded1794 (1794)
FounderGeorge Courtauld
Defunct2000 / 2006
FateAcquired
SuccessorSara Lee, Akzo Nobel
HeadquartersCoventry
Key people
George Courtauld
Samuel Courtauld
ProductsTextiles, Chemicals
Number of employees
1000 (2006)
Websitewww.akzonobel.com 

Courtaulds was a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of fabric, clothing, artificial fibres, and chemicals. It was established in 1794 and became the world's leading man-made fibre production company before being broken up in 1990 into Courtaulds plc and Courtaulds Textiles Ltd.