Kynoch

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Kynoch
FounderGeorge Kynoch
FateIncorporated
SuccessorICI
Headquarters
Mildenhall, Suffolk
,
United Kingdom
Websitewww.kynochammunition.co.uk

Kynoch was a manufacturer of ammunition that was later incorporated into ICI, but remained as a brand name for sporting cartridges.

History

Memorial card to the nineteen victims of the explosion at Messrs Pursall and Philip's works on Whittall Street, fifteen of whom were interred together at St Mary's Church, also in Whittall Street

The firm of Pursall and Phillips operated a '

Witton in 1862,[3] on a site adjacent to the London and North Western Railway's Grand Junction line.[2] In 1863, Kynoch took over the business, which was subsequently renamed G. Kynoch and Co.[1][2]
A further series of explosions in the 1860s and in 1870 led to dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries.

In 1895 Kynoch built an explosives factory east of

Nobel Industries, which was a founding element of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (ICI) in 1926. Once Nobel Industries, including Kynoch Ltd, had merged to form ICI,[5]
the original Kynoch factory in Witton became the head office and principal manufacturing base of the "ICI Metals Division". Kynoch, along with names such as Eley, became brands of subsidiaries.

Main article: Imperial Chemical Industries

Kynoch, established a munitions factory on the north side of Arklow, Ireland. This factory employed several thousand workers during World War I, but closed shortly after it, all production being moved to South Africa. Seventeen workers were killed in an explosion there on 21 September 1917. It was believed that the plant was shelled by a German U-boat[6]

During the 1950s, the sound of test firing of munitions still occasionally shattered the peace over Witton, but with the

Eley Limited
in 1983.

Kynamco

In 1996, David Little working under the company name Kynamco Ltd (Kynoch Ammunition Company) took over the Kynoch brand. Initially production commenced in Royston, Hertfordshire and in 2000, moved to a purpose built facility in Mildenhall, Suffolk.

Kynamco, using the Kynoch trademark manufacture 51 of the more popular Kynoch calibres from 6.5x54 ms up to the .700 Nitro Express. They also produce various other types of ammunition for industrial, film and re-enactment use.

To date, Kynoch continues to manufacture in a smaller capacity.

The Kynoch Press

Main article: The Kynoch Press

The Kynoch Press was founded as a company press in 1876 to print packaging. To manage publicity, the company set it up as a fine press, which, when Kynoch became part of ICI in 1926, continued as a division and kept its name, The Kynoch Press. The Kynoch Press not only handled the firm's printing, but performed independent work, operating at times like a small press, and at other times like a fine press, and yet at other times like a private press.

Gallery


  • A Kynoch-produced (centre) Webley .455 cartridge
    A Kynoch-produced (centre) Webley .455 cartridge
  • Eley-Kynoch consumer packaging for .30/30 centrefire rifle cartridges (front)
    Eley-Kynoch consumer packaging for .30/30 centrefire rifle cartridges (front)
  • Eley-Kynoch consumer packaging (inside of packaging) for .30/30 centrefire rounds. Headstamp is "KYNOCH 30-30"
    Eley-Kynoch consumer packaging (inside of packaging) for .30/30 centrefire rounds. Headstamp is "KYNOCH 30-30"
  • Eley-Kynoch consumer packaging for .30/30 centrefire rifle cartridges
    Eley-Kynoch consumer packaging for .30/30 centrefire rifle cartridges
  • .600NE produced by Kynamco Ltd in 2023. The packaging has had the same styling since 1936.
    .600NE produced by Kynamco Ltd in 2023. The packaging has had the same styling since 1936.

See also

References

  1. ^
    Grace's Guide
    . Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  2. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48741. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  3. ISBN 1-886768-56-0
    .
  4. ^ Henry W. Macrosty. (1907). The Trust Movement In British Industry. The Chemical Industries. (p. 166). Archived 2007-08-29 at the Wayback Machine Batoche Books.
  5. ^ The Metals Division of ICI, ICI, Birmingham, 1950 : p4
  6. ISBN 0952302713
    .

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