British Cellophane advert, 1961
A colourful trade advert for the many different wrapping films produced by the British Cellophane Company in 1961 - and a reminder of how a proprietary trade mark has entered the language as name for generic uses as in 'cellophane wrapped'. The British Cellophane Company was a joint venture between the French Cellophane SA and British comapny Courtaulds in 1938 to manufacture wrapping films based on viscose technology that had been initated in the late 1890s and that the French company had successfully commercialised in the years before WW1.
BCL set up business in Bridgwater, Somerset, and the factory grew to be an important employer in the town. With other plants in Bristol and Barrow in Furness, BCL also moved into associated film and wrapping materials and processes.
In the late 1990 the company was bought by Innovia and the inevitavle happened with the Bridgwater plant closing in 2005 and the site cleared apart from the Listed Sydenham House, the grounds of which had formed the location for the works.
British Cellophane advert, 1961
A colourful trade advert for the many different wrapping films produced by the British Cellophane Company in 1961 - and a reminder of how a proprietary trade mark has entered the language as name for generic uses as in 'cellophane wrapped'. The British Cellophane Company was a joint venture between the French Cellophane SA and British comapny Courtaulds in 1938 to manufacture wrapping films based on viscose technology that had been initated in the late 1890s and that the French company had successfully commercialised in the years before WW1.
BCL set up business in Bridgwater, Somerset, and the factory grew to be an important employer in the town. With other plants in Bristol and Barrow in Furness, BCL also moved into associated film and wrapping materials and processes.
In the late 1990 the company was bought by Innovia and the inevitavle happened with the Bridgwater plant closing in 2005 and the site cleared apart from the Listed Sydenham House, the grounds of which had formed the location for the works.