Company type | Public |
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Industry | Materials technology |
Founded | 1704 |
Headquarters | London, UK |
Key people | Carl-Peter Forster, Chairman Patrick André, CEO |
Revenue | £1,929.8 million (2023) [1] |
£200.4 million (2023) [1] | |
£130.6 million (2023) [1] | |
Number of employees | 11,204 (2023) [2] |
Website | www |
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The company was founded by Isaac Cookson in 1704 as a collection of metal and glass businesses on Tyneside. [3] In 1851 the Company diversified into lead manufacturing. In 1924 it merged with Lock Lancaster and W.W. & R. Johnson & Sons to form Associated Lead Manufacturers. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1930. [4] In 1966 it was renamed Lead Industries Group and in 1979 it acquired the A.J. Oster Company, a non-ferrous metal producer. [5] In 1982 it changed its name again to Cookson Group (reflecting the name of the company's founder) and in 1987 it bought the Vesuvius Crucible Company, a ceramics supplier. [4]
Sir Robert Malpas was Chairman of the Group from 1991 to 1998, simultaneously serving as Co-Chairman of Eurotunnel from 1996 to 1998. [6] In 2005 the Cookson Group chose to focus on high technology products and emerging markets. [4] In 2008 it went on to acquire Foseco, a supplier to the foundry and steel industries. [7] In December 2012 Cookson Group changed its name to Vesuvius, the former performance materials division was demerged to form a new company called Alent and the name Cookson ceased to be used. [8] [9]
The Company's operations are formed into four activities: Steel Flow Control, Foundry Technologies, Advanced Refractories and Precious Metals Processing. [10]
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