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Goulding Soil Nutrition Ltd formerly known as Goulding Chemicals Ltd [1] [2] is a wholly owned subsidiary of Origin Enterprises plc. The company supplies a wide range of Agricultural Fertilisers and Industrial Chemicals to the Irish market. It has it's origins in the Dublin & Wicklow Manure Company (incorporated 1890) and the original fertiliser business of W. & H. M. Goulding (incorporated 1894 - now Fitzwilton), been the corporate successor of the former. [2]

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The company has its origins in 1846 when William Goulding (1817–84) went into partnership with his brother Humphreys Manders Goulding (c.1820–1877) and their firm, W. & H. M. Goulding, became agents for patent animal dressings (1854) and fertilisers. [3] They would subsequently go into the production of fertiliser setting up a plant in 1856 at the old Glen distillery in Blackpool Cork. The firm would be run for decades by the Goulding family that included Basil Goulding and Valerie Goulding. The company would be reincorporated as W. & H. M. Goulding on January 26, 1894 in Dublin. [4] [5]

With the creation of the Irish Free State W. & H. M. Goulding would become the principal manufacture of fertilizers in the state with a 41% market share and operating a total of 6 factories, 2 in Dublin and 1 each in Cork, Drogheda, Waterford and Wicklow. [6] . In the early 1960's the company was converted from a Trading company to a Holding company and received an investment of £1m from Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in 1964. This resulted in the creation of a joint marketing subsidary company called Goulding Chemicals and Fertilisers Ltd. [7] [8]

By 1971 W. & H. M. Goulding had diversified into a number of non-related industries including Property development and System building, as a result various all of the groups interests in the original Fertilizer business had been placed under one subsidiary company, namely Goulding Chemicals Ltd.

In 1972 W. & H. M. Goulding would merge with Fitzwilliam Securities in what was effectively a reverse takeover, at the same time the company was renamed to Fitzwilton Ltd. and was effectively an Irish Conglomerate. Sir Basil Goulding stayed on as Chairman of the merged company and was join by Tony O'Reilly as co-chairman.

Due to adverse effect on the economy in the immediate post 1973 oil crisis period Fitzwilton was force to divest itself of various subsidary companies to repay debts. [9] One of the direct results of this was the closure of the Goulding Fertiliser plant in Dublin as well as selling of a 50% interest in Goulding Chemicals Ltd. to Agrico (a subsidary of the Williams group of companies) in 1976. [10]

The company was acquired by IAWS between 1985 and 1986. [11]

Goulding Fertilisers

Goulding Fertilisers manufacture and distribute NPK and trace element fertilisers in Ireland. The company supplies mainline and customised blended products to suit local nutrient requirements.

Goulding Chemicals

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  2. 1 2 "GOULDING SOIL NUTRITION LIMITED". cro.ie. Company Registrations Office. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  3. ↑ Dempsey, Pauric J.; Boylan, Shaun (1 October 2009). "Goulding, William". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.003553.v1.
  4. ↑ Love, Jonathan. Jane's Major Companies of Europe (1976 ed.). Jane's Information Group. p. A117. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Bulletin. National Fertilizer Development Center Tennessee Valley Authority. 1978.
  6. ↑ Bielenberg, Andy; Ryan, Raymond (2013). An Economic History of Ireland Since Independence. Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-56694-0.
  7. ↑ THE ECONOMIST VOL.213. 1964. pp. 718–719. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Ireland of the Welcomes". ICI Magazine (1964–12): 189. December 1964.
  9. ↑ Cooper, Matt (2015). The maximalist : the rise and fall of Tony O'Reilly. Dublin : Gill & Macmillan. ISBN   978-0-7171-6721-0 . Retrieved 4 January 2025.
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