Sykes Bleaching Company

The Sykes Bleaching Company
FormerlyE & R Sykes (earlier partnership)
Company typeLimited liability company (since 1892)
IndustryTextile
Incorporated1892
Founded1792 (1792)
FounderWilliam Sykes
Headquarters
Edgeley, Stockport
,
England, United Kingdom
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Edmund Sykes
Richard Sykes
Thomas Hardcastle Sykes,
Alan "Jack" Sykes
ProductsBleached cotton cloth
ServicesCotton bleaching and finishing
ParentBleachers Association (since June 1900)

The Sykes Bleaching Company was a cotton bleaching business established in Edgeley, near Stockport in 1792 which grew to become one of the largest bleaching enterprises in the United Kingdom.