Imperial Chemical Industries

Imperial Chemical Industries plc
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Company type	Public
Industry	Chemicals
Founded	1926
Defunct	2008
Fate	Acquired by AkzoNobel
Headquarters	London, England, UK
Key people	Alfred Mond (first CEO); Sir Paul Chambers; Sir John Harvey-Jones; Dr John McAdam CBE (last CEO)
Products	General chemicals, plastics, paints, pharmaceuticals & speciality chemicals
Revenue	£4.85 billion (2006)
Operating income	£502 million (2006)
Net income	£295 million (2006)
Number of employees	29,130 (2006)
Parent	AkzoNobel

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company. It was, for much of its history, the largest manufacturer in Britain.^[1] It was formed by the merger of four leading British chemical companies in 1926. Its headquarters were at Millbank in London. ICI was a constituent of the FT 30 and later the FTSE 100 indices.

ICI made general chemicals, plastics, paints, pharmaceuticals and speciality products, including food ingredients, speciality polymers, electronic materials, fragrances and flavourings. In 1991, ICI sold the agricultural and merchandising operations of BritAg and Scottish Agricultural Industries to Norsk Hydro. It de-merged its pharmaceutical bio-science businesses as Zeneca in 1993. In 2008, ICI was acquired by AkzoNobel,^[2] which immediately sold parts of ICI to Henkel and integrated ICI's remaining operations within its existing organisation.^[3]

^ Smith, David; O'Connell, Dominic; Dey, Iain; Ashton, James; Goodman, Matthew; Lyons, Teena; Kay, William (6 July 2008). "Falling into the abyss". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008.
^ "Akzo Nobel ICI merger completed". BBC News. 2 January 2008. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
^ "Akzo Nobel to Focus on Fast and Effective Integration in 2008" (Press release). Akzo Nobel U.K. 7 January 2008. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2008.

[1] Smith, David; O'Connell, Dominic; Dey, Iain; Ashton, James; Goodman, Matthew; Lyons, Teena; Kay, William (6 July 2008). "Falling into the abyss". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008.

[mergerdone-2] "Akzo Nobel ICI merger completed". BBC News. 2 January 2008. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2011.

[3] "Akzo Nobel to Focus on Fast and Effective Integration in 2008" (Press release). Akzo Nobel U.K. 7 January 2008. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2008.

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