| 词条 | Wade Ceramics |
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| name = Wade Ceramics Ltd | logo = Wade-logo.png | type = Private limited company | genre = | fate = | predecessor = Wade Potteries Ltd | successor = | foundation = 1867 | founder = | defunct = | location_city = Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent | location_country = England | location = | locations = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Sir George Wade (Chairman and 20th-century entrepreneur) | industry = Pottery | products = Porcelain and earthenware pottery | services = | market cap = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = Wade Allied Holdings Ltd | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = http://www.wade.co.uk | footnotes = | intl = }} Wade Ceramics Ltd is a manufacturer of porcelain and earthenware, headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Its products include animal figures for its Collectors Club, whisky flagons, and a variety of industrial ceramics. In the 1950s, the Wade potteries created 'Whimsies', small solid porcelain animal figures first developed by Sir George Wade, which became popular and collectable in Britain and America,[1][2] following their retail launch in 1954,[3] and were widely available in shops throughout the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The figurines have also been offered along with Red Rose Tea since 1967.[4] Its other brand names of inexpensive collectable porcelain include 'TV Pets', 'Whoppas', and 'Minikins'.[2] Wade has produced licensed pieces based on TV shows, comic books, and Disney films.[2] HistoryWade Ceramics was established in 1867 in Burslem, England.[5][6] It originally comprised several different companies founded by various members of the Wade family, and was only finally united as Wade Potteries Limited in 1958. The original companies were:
In 1905, George Wade & Son took over rival company Henry Hallen. As the Hallen firm was owned by a distant relative and had been founded in 1810, Wade Ceramics (through this) claims to have been established in 1810. In the 1930s, Colonel Sir George Wade gained control of the Wade companies that had previously been run by his father and uncles. He also started further Wade factories, including Wade (Ulster) Ltd in Portadown.[5] Following the death of Sir George Wade in 1986 at the age of 94, and the death of leukaemia of his innovative son George Anthony (Tony) Wade in 1987, the Wade potteries were taken over by Beauford Plc in 1998 and renamed Wade Ceramics Ltd.[5] In the early 1990s the Irish pottery factory was renamed Seagoe Ceramics, and was closed down.[5][7] Beauford plc's pottery factories were taken over by a management buyout in 1999, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Wade Allied Holdings Ltd. Edward Duke, former CEO of Beauford, became the major shareholder of Wade Allied Holdings and Chairman of Wade Ceramics. His partner Paul Farmer became Managing Director of Wade. In 2009, Wade Allied Holdings invested £7.9m in a new factory with the latest robotic manufacturing equipment to make ceramic flagons for the whisky industry. The last Wade factory in Burslem was closed in 2010, and sold for housing development.[8] Further reading
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wade.co.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 |title=Welcome to Wade Ceramics Ltd |date= |author=Edward Duke |publisher=Wade Ceramics Ltd |accessdate=22 October 2007}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.thepotteries.org/people/wade_geo.htm |title=People of Stoke-on-Trent: George Wade |date=2005-11-15 |author= |publisher=thepotteries.org |accessdate=22 October 2007}} 3. ^Whimsies launch on Wade Ceramics timeline. 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://redrosetea.com/figurines |title=Figurines - Red Rose Tea |website=redrosetea.com |access-date=2017-05-10}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://www.whimsicalwades.com/whimseys.htm |title="Whimsical Wades": The "Wades" Story|year=1998 |author=Pat Murray |accessdate=22 October 2007}} 6. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/privateequity/9322136/Wade-Whimsies-maker-put-up-for-sale.html Harrington, Ben. "Wade Whimsies Maker Put up for Sale".] The Telegraph. 10 June 2012. 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wadeireland.co.uk/about.asp |title=About Wade Ireland |date= |author= |accessdate=22 October 2007}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wade.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=52 |title=Wade Ceramics: About us |date=2005-03-21 |author=Edward Duke |publisher=Wade Ceramics Ltd |accessdate=22 October 2007}} External links
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