Invicta Plastics

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Invicta Plastics Ltd.
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1946;78 years ago (1946)
Defunct2013 (2013)
FateLiquidation
SuccessorMake a Material Difference Ltd.
Headquarters
  • Queen's Road, Leicester
  • Oadby, Leicester (demolished 2009)
  • Scudamore Rd., Leicester (2009-2013)
Key people
  • Lady Onslow (Chief Executive)
  • Edward Jones-Fenleigh (Founder)
Products
Number of employees
35 (2013)

Invicta Plastics Ltd. was a plastics manufacturing company, [1] founded in 1946 [2] [3] by Edward Jones-Fenleigh (Incorporated as a PLC in 1951, previously Invicta Industries). [4] They had a headquarters in Oadby up until 2009, when they moved to Scudamore Road, [4] where they remained until their insolvency in 2013. [5] They were particularly known for their production of the Mastermind Board Game. [3] They were also responsible for the manufacture of ‘Red Noses’ for Comic Relief in the 1980s and 1990s. [6]

Contents

History

The company was founded by Edward J. Jones-Fenleigh in 1946, [2] [3] and was incorporated as a PLC in 1951. [1] In the early years of the company, their services included injection moulding, thermoplastic sheet moulding, and vacuum forming. [7] In 1951, the company moved to their Oadby headquarters, where it remained until 2009. [8] During this period, they served clients such as Coca-Cola, Unilever, and Reckitt Benckiser. [9] [10] The site was demolished, and a Waitrose was built in the location, opening in 2010. [11] The company went into MBO in 2013, where a Management Buyout occurred, with Make a Material Difference Ltd. procuring several divisions of Invicta Plastics Ltd. [5]

Notable Products

Invicta Electronic Master Mind game Invicta Electronic Master Mind Game.jpg
Invicta Electronic Master Mind game

Mastermind or Master Mind, is a code-breaking board game for two players launched in 1971. [3] It was one of the more prominent products of the company, with them professing sales in excess of a million units. The success of the game led to them winning the Queen’s Award for Export in 1978. [12] They also made a handheld electronic device based on the game. [13]

Invicta Plastics also produced a line of plastic dinosaurs in conjunction with the British Natural History Museum from 1974. [14]

The company manufactured the Comic Relief ‘Red Noses’ for a number of years in the 1980s and 1990s. [10] Of particular note, in 1995, they produced heat responsive colour changing noses. [15]

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