Talk:Imperial Chemical Industries

Listing

I think ICI is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Anyone know? W2ch00 16:33, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

ICI has now delisted from NYSE See http://www.ici.com/main/cms/cmRender.asp?i=2074 81.151.151.71 20:47, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

ICI is the birthplace of SAP —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.239.183.254 (talk) 22:24, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

About SAP. I was told by a ICI systems analyst that I trust that SAP began as a system written for ICI in Oestringen. I do know that it fairly quickly spread throughout ICI and that this clearly gave SAP a boost in its early days. Clearly they then went out and sold it more and more widely. Budhen 20:39, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

This article doesn't tell us much about the first 60 years of a great company. I joined ICI in 1970 and around then a three volume history of the company was produced. If someone could get hold of that, it would provide a good starting point for a more fitting article. Budhen 20:39, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

How about this? On Amazon, we have:

Imperial Chemical Industries: A History: The Forerunners, 1870-1926 v. 1 by William Joseph Reader (Hardcover - 22 Oct 1970) 6 Used & new from £18.75

Imperial Chemical Industries: A History: The First Quarter-century, 1926-52 by William Joseph Reader (Hardcover - 14 Aug 1975) 1 Used & new from £84.01 Budhen 20:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

I have both.Pyrotec 17:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

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Works Record System

I see this is marked as requiring references- does anybody have any?

There used to be a separate "Shared Spreadsheet" article but for some reason it was deleted in its entirety, I believe the text here is the only mention of it on Wp. MarkMLl (talk) 09:57, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

See extensive discussion of this topic under Talk:Spreadsheet. There were a couple of AfD issues as well. In a nutshell, the problem was that (like many interesting in-house systems) this one apparently didn't get described in the sort of publications needed to establish WP:notability. There were also differences of opinion about the subject matter. At any rate, I'm not aware of any WRS sources that were ever cited. Trevor Hanson (talk) 05:32, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

So I propose deleting this section - any objections? Brownturkey (talk) 20:54, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Main Sites

Under the heading of main sites, you mention one (Billingham). However there is no metion of the ICI Wilton site, which is just as historically significant and could even be larger than Billlingham. Then there was the ICI Runcorn site where Prof Colin Ramshaw developed the HiGEE reactor concept. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.203.7.152 (talk) 20:18, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

I would like to add that the operating dates given for the nuclear reactor may be inaccurate. The HSE states that it ran until 28th June 1996. If anyone would like to take this up..? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.202.169.26 (talk) 22:48, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

No mention of the site in Newton, Hyde, Cheshire where Vymura (amongst other products) was manufactured.

References

Products

Other household products not mentioned in the main text include: Vymura - heavy wallpaper; Weedol - very efficient weed-killer; Corrugated plastic sheeting, used for example in car-ports, and I think called Novulux??; Wallpaper that was pretreated with adhesive so all you had to do was to soak in water and apply, called Novomura I think. Any others??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Psalm89 (talk • contribs) 04:55, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

They also invented napalm (napthenic acid palmetate) early in WW II but the napalm article credits it's development to the US. IIRC, napalm was one of the many weapons and inventions given to the US by the Tizard Mission. IIARC, it was originally devised for attacking bunkers and pillboxes from the air, but the RAF never used it in Europe as it was considered too-nasty. It's possible that ICI did the development in conjunction with the-then Petroleum Warfare Department (PWD).

I seem to remember that ICI also made a plastic in the mid seventies called 'melamine' (or similar) and that it was used for packaging. I distinctly remember buying a 'tube' of Coca-Cola in this form. The tube was clear plastic crimped at both ends.

Melamine was also used to manufacture products. I remember as a child we once had some coffee mugs made from it. PRL42 (talk) 12:08, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Main sites

Also no mention of their site in Galloway.94.172.112.182 (talk) 22:24, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Suggestion for improvement

It would be great and would make for a much more interesting article if it could be expanded to include content on what chemical discoveries this company has made in its long history. -- œ^™ 01:02, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Harold R. Mitchell

I don't believe the following is correct. Please provide a citation. Otherwise I will delete. "After much controversy in the board room over the reorganisation and structure of the company and its subsidaries, its Chief Executive Officer, Harold R. Mitchell, resigned after serving the company for over 25 years. Major reorganisation of the company's structure then began."Brownturkey (talk) 19:20, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Minor Edits

• Atlas Chemical Industries
• Petroleum Warfare Department

Atlas Chemical Industires stand-alone page no longer exists,so correcting article to non-internal link status.

Petroleum Warfare Department no longer exists. Removed Internal link. Richard416282 (talk) 14:04, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

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Influences and references within popular culture

ICI was in some ways, a culturally significant institution for a number rod reasons in its heyday. Several of the sites are alluded to in popular culture. The most obvious and well-known ones are connected to Wilton and Billingham, but there are others:

• Wilton is often credited as the inspiration for Blade Runner's opening light vista.
• Aldous Huxley visited Billingham, apparently as a guest of Alfred Mond before the publication of Brave New World. Mond's name is attached to the character of World Controller Mustapha Mond in the novel.
• In The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, the characters of The Bra Men, Pat and Dave Arrowsmith, are almost always pictured wearing ICI donkey jackets, workwear that was almost ubiquitous in Teesside in the 70s and 80s. ICI logos are clearly visible in some cases.
• There are passing references to the local industry in Runcorn in episodes of the comedy series Two Pints of Lager and A Packet of Crisps — Preceding unsigned comment added by Illuminatusds (talk • contribs) 15:29, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

I tend to agree. There will be others, too. However, there should be a reliable source to support each one. I will try to find some. Tony Holkham (Talk) 15:36, 29 January 2020 (UTC)