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Levinstein Ltd

British-made synthetic indigo was produced by Levinstein Ltd in 1916 at the sequestered Ellesmere port factory of Hoechst, where the antiseptic acriflavine (44) and novocaine (45) were also produced. During World War I, Levinstein s highly qualified technical team, led by Arthur Green, developed close links with academic institutions. In November 1918,... [Pg.36]

Levinstein Ltd was merged, under government influence, with British Dyes Ltd to form the British Dyestuff Corporation Ltd71. [Pg.37]

Great Britain, where Levinstein Ltd. operated a confiscated... [Pg.124]

At that time, calcium carbide was imported from Norway, a source that would soon be cut off. From 1935, there had been attempts by several British firms to gain government support for carbide production. The principal proposal was for a plant with an output of 20,000 tons of calcium carbide at Llannerch-Y-Mor, near Mostyn, Flintshire, to be constructed by the North Wales Carbide Corporation Ltd. Despite Levinstein s warning that [y]ou can shirk for four years putting down a carbide plant you may not be able to shirk the consequences, this scheme met with no success. The outcome was that during World War II the government was forced to install a calcium carbide plant in South Wales, close to sources of coal and limestone. [Pg.175]

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