United Alkali Company

United Alkali Company Ltd
Company typeLtd
IndustryBulk chemicals
Predecessor48 separate companies
Founded1890
Defunct1926
FateMerger
SuccessorImperial Chemical Industries
HeadquartersWidnes
ProductsSoda ash

United Alkali Company Limited was a British chemical company formed in 1890, employing the Leblanc process to produce soda ash for the glass, textile, soap, and paper industries. It became one of the top four British chemical companies merged in 1926 with Brunner Mond, Nobel Explosives and British Dyestuffs Corporation to form Imperial Chemical Industries.

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