Visited with prettyvacant71 and @Grom. Myself, PV and @Terminal Decline had a recce here back in December before heading to Eggborough. Ive gotta be honest, I thought it was gonna be shit. I couldn't believe it when PV sent me a few pics from her first visit, I had declined the offer of going because I didn't think it would be worth the journey!
I had hoped to get back and finish the place off but I doubt I will get the chance now. Our visit was cut short after a close encounter with an employee. Grom and I headed upstairs from the labs to meet PV and I came pretty much face to face with someone at the top of the stairs. After a stealthy exit we regrouped and decided it was best to leave rather than risk getting caught and fucking up anyone else's chances of a visit. Nobody came looking so that guy most have been both blind and deaf.
History:
British Industrial Plastics was founded in 1894 (formally known as British Cyanides Limited) and is the old polymer plastic company in the UK. In 1924 its chemists invented and patented the world’s first ‘water-white’ thermoset resin.
The Oldbury site started history in 1926 where it was the first site to produce the new 'Water-White' thermoset Resin. This opened up new opportunities for designers and new applications, notably for electrical accessories and tableware - more picnicware in those days.
BIP was at the height of its success between the 1960-1980s, especially after being bought by Turner & Newall (T&N) in 1961. However by 1995 the company was in disarray with large sections of its manufacturing having been sold off. It's Oldbury sites being some of the only parts left and being in desperate need of investment.
Some investments into the Oldbury sites were made but it wasn't enough to save it, and it's appears like its gradually being closed down with redundancies being reported in May of 2018.
A very handy pot to dope conversion chart. I always thought they were just different names for the same thing!
Thanks for looking!
I had hoped to get back and finish the place off but I doubt I will get the chance now. Our visit was cut short after a close encounter with an employee. Grom and I headed upstairs from the labs to meet PV and I came pretty much face to face with someone at the top of the stairs. After a stealthy exit we regrouped and decided it was best to leave rather than risk getting caught and fucking up anyone else's chances of a visit. Nobody came looking so that guy most have been both blind and deaf.
History:
British Industrial Plastics was founded in 1894 (formally known as British Cyanides Limited) and is the old polymer plastic company in the UK. In 1924 its chemists invented and patented the world’s first ‘water-white’ thermoset resin.
The Oldbury site started history in 1926 where it was the first site to produce the new 'Water-White' thermoset Resin. This opened up new opportunities for designers and new applications, notably for electrical accessories and tableware - more picnicware in those days.
BIP was at the height of its success between the 1960-1980s, especially after being bought by Turner & Newall (T&N) in 1961. However by 1995 the company was in disarray with large sections of its manufacturing having been sold off. It's Oldbury sites being some of the only parts left and being in desperate need of investment.
Some investments into the Oldbury sites were made but it wasn't enough to save it, and it's appears like its gradually being closed down with redundancies being reported in May of 2018.
A very handy pot to dope conversion chart. I always thought they were just different names for the same thing!
Thanks for looking!
