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Elementis plc is one of the UK's largest speciality chemicals business. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. ==History== The company was founded in Liverpool in 1844 as ''Harrisons and Crosfield'' by Daniel Harrison, Smith Harrison and Joseph Crosfield to trade in tea and coffee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AIM25 collection description )〕 In the 1860s it became one of the largest tea traders in the UK.〔 In 1903 it diversified into operating rubber plantations in the far east acquiring shareholdings in a number of plantation companies.〔(Harrisons and Crosfield Timeline )〕 Then in 1948 the company became a major producer of latex at its factory in Petaling.〔 In 1967 it acquired ''Durham Chemicals'' in Birtley〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AIM25 collection description )〕 and in 1973 acquired ''British Chrome & Chemicals'' in Eaglescliffe so diversifying into the chemicals business.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AIM25 collection description )〕 It also acquired a stake in the ''Sabah Timber Company''〔(The Sabah Timber Company ) The Straits Times, 2 April 1964〕 and then in 1978 took complete control of it.〔 By the end of the 1970s Harrisons and Crosfield was the 91st largest industrial company in the UK by turnover. In 1982 it sold its Malaysian plantations and in 1994 it sold its Indonesian plantations: these business have since been absorbed into Sime Darby〔(Finishing with only hope ) The Edge Malaysia, 22 October 2007〕 and ''London Sumatra'' respectively.〔(Lonsum builds North Sumatra's first botanical garden ) Indonesia Economic Reports, 29 August 2006〕 In 1998 it changed its name to ''Elementis plc''〔 and acquired ''Rheox'', a speciality chemicals business〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elementis Specialties - History )〕 and in 2002 it acquired Oxychem's chromium chemicals business.〔(Elementis completes Chromium acquisition ) Adhesives & Sealants Industry, 1 March 2003〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elementis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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