Fisons
Rhone-Poulenc | |
Headquarters | Ipswich, United Kingdom |
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Key people | Paddy Linaker (Chairman) Stuart Wallis (CEO) |
Fisons plc was a British
History
The business was established by
In 1919 it bought a fertiliser business founded by James Fison of
The Company formally changed its name to the shorter Fisons Ltd in 1942.[1] During the 1950s, Fisons promoted the spraying of crops utilising helicopters.[3]
Fisons owned parts of the
In the early 1980s the company decided to focus on pharmaceutical products and its fertiliser activities were sold to Norsk Hydro in 1982.[6]
In the 1990s Fisons was targeted by the UK
Many years of successful growth were financed by sales of
In early 1995 the Instruments Division was sold to US Thermo Instrument Systems while the
In late 1995 Fisons was acquired by the United States-based Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc., which in turn was wholly owned by France's chemical giant Rhône-Poulenc S.A.[11]
Operations
The company was based in
Sponsorship
Fisons were sponsors of
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Early history of the company to 1960 Archived 20 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine at UK Competition Commission, 1960. (PDF) Accessed September 2007
- ^ "Certificate of Change of Name - Packards, and James Fison (Thetford) Limited, Fison, Parkard and Prentice, Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "BUA Helicopters". British Caledonia. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "The day the Sweet Track was built". New Scientist, 16 June 1990. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- ^ 1986,1201.1–27 Sweet Track exhibition highlight page, British Museum
- ^ About Yara UK Archived 5 December 2014 at archive.today at Yara UK website. Retrieved December 2014
- ^ Parson, Sean (2008). "Understanding the Ideology of the Earth Liberation Front". Green Theory & Praxis. 4 (2): 52.
- ^ Fisons pharmaceutical sales hit by FDA move, ICIS, 1991
- ^ Full business history International Directory of Company Histories. 2006 by The Gale Group, Inc. Retrieved September 2007
- ^ Medeva may be the cure for Fisons, The Independent, 23 April 1995
- ^ Door still open for agreed takeover of Fisons The Independent, 22 August 1995
- ^ "Former Fisons site, London Road, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire" (PDF). Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ Fisons: Victorian factory in Ipswich destroyed by fire BBC News, 6 May 2019
- ^ "A local radio station, fertiliser, beer... and now an online casino: Evolution of Ipswich Town shirt sponsors". East Anglian Daily Times. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
External links
- Sanofi-Aventis Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine UK home page
- Fisons Plc Entry at Business.com. (Internet Archive Snapshot of May 26, 2011; retrieved January 2017)
- 360 degree panoramic of the site by Atlas360.