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Laporte Newslink. House newspaper of the Laporte Group of Companies.

Jan 1973

From: 1973 To: 1973

- Widening Textile Markets In Europe – company representatives visit Widnes site. Photo of Derek Heathcote, M.Garrone, H.Kerstens, K.van Dongen Torman, D.Simoes. - Report on value of Laporte Shares on the Stock Exchange - Frank Marchant & Tony Bunker deal with fractured hydrochloric acid canister at Luton. - Interview with Dr Barbara Neumann, head of clay chemistry at Redhill laboratory. - Article about Luke Howard, founder of the company which Laporte acquired it in 1961. - Article about Gerry Whippe, Redhill first aider – with photo. - British Fire Service Association honour Rex Peterson of Luton. With photo. - Caterers at Stallingborough, with photo of Min Holberry, Pat Anderson and Docea Robinson. - Article about John Thompson of Ilford converting a coal barge to pleasure boat. - Visit of Eldon Griffiths MP, Secretary of State for the Environment and Margaret Thatcher MP, Secretary of State for Education & Science, visit Laporte at Luton. Photos include Charles Houlton, Don Smith, Margery Smith, Margaret Thatcher, Gus Caldwell, Leslie Slater, Jack Yates, Eldon Griffiths & Ron Northam. - Portrait of a miner – feature on Ted Moffatt of Glebe Mines, Derbyshire, with photo. - Emergency exercise at Widnes, with photo of Sam Kerr. - Interox in Portugal - Luton’s diverse customers - Eric Hill is Laporte new Corporate Planning Chief, Bill Smith joins management committee at Redhill. - Sabine Pickenhain from Dusseldorf office visits Luton, with photo of her with Peter Woods and Marjorie Tinkler.

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Laporte Limited,
Laporte Industries Limited,
Heathcote, Derek,
Garrone, M,
Kerstens, H,
van Dongen Torman, K,
Simoes, D,
Marchant, Frank,
Bunker, Tony,
Neumann, Barbara S,
Howard, Luke,
Whippe, Gerry,
Peterson, Rex,
Holberry, Min,
Anderson, Pat,
Robinson, Docea,
Thompson, John,
Griffiths, Eldon,
Thatcher, Margaret,
Houlton, Charles,
Smith, Don,
Smith, Margery,
Caldwell, Gus,
Slater, Leslie,
Yates, Jack,
Northam, Ron,
Moffatt, Ted,
Kerr, Sam,
Hill, Eric,
Smith, Bill,
Pickenhain, Sabine,
Woods, Peter,
Tinkler, Marjorie

LUTON, Europe, Widnes, Redhill, Stallingborough, Ilford, Eyam, Portugal, Dusseldorf, chemical manufacturer, manufacturing, industry, stockbroking, shares, textiles, trade, chemist, chemistry, laboratory, First Aid, private fire brigades, caterer, prime minister, canals, boats, Secretary of State, miner, manager