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- Company history
- Notes and references
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}}{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}Rozalex was a brand of Rozalex Limited, a subsidiary of the Chloride Electrical Storage Company[1] credited with being the first company in the United Kingdom to commercialise topical barrier cream for use in an industrial setting.[2]The cream was originally developed for use in their Exide works at Clifton Junction near Manchester. Battery manufacture was labour-intensive and used hazardous materials, so skin irritation and contact dermatitis was rife among workers. Chloride began research and development of a barrier cream which could help protect workers and increase productivity. Company historyThe company was founded in 1929[3] as a spin-off of The Chloride Electrical Storage Co. Ltd. - 1969 Newton, Chambers & Company[4] acquired Rozalex Limited and the brand sat along other household names such as IZAL and Zalpon.
- 1972 Newton, Chambers & Co was subsequently acquired by the Central & Sheerwood Trust an Investment banking and financial services group.
- 1973 Central & Sheerwood Trust sold the IZAL operation which included Rozalex to Sterling Winthrop's, Sterling Industrial.
- 1981 Sterling Industrial acquired the Kerodex range of industrial barrier creams and merged them into the Rozalex Range.
- 1987 Unilever acquired Sterling Industrial in a strategic move to push into the Business to Business hygiene, janitorial and floor care sectors.
- 2002 Unilever sold the main equity share of its Business to Business division (Lever Industrial-DiverseyLever) to SC Johnson to form JohnsonDiversey.
- 2008 JohnsonDiversey divests the Rozalex brand to Present Value Limited and Rozalex Limited is reinstated.[5]
- 2010 Rozalex sponsors the Ginetta G50 car of the Barwell Motorsport team in the 2010 British Touring Car Championship TOCA series driven by Julien Draper
- 2011 Rozalex sponsors the Aston Martin GT4 car of the Barwell Motorsport team in the 2011 British GT Championship driven by Peter Erceg and Tiff Needell
- 2011 Rozalex sponsors the Greenpower Education Trust promoting sustainable engineering to young people
- 2011 Rozalex teams up with Goodwood to supply limited edition tins of handcare products for the 2011 Goodwood Revival.
- 2012 Present Value divests the Rozalex brand to Hughen Limited. Rozalex is now a fully trading subsidiary of Hughen Limited.
- 2013 Rozalex launches new Pouch Dispensing System (PDS) for the Industrial / Engineering / Automotive / Marine / Construction and Energy sectors.
Notes and references1. ^Chloride Electrical Storage Company Archives. {{cite web |url=http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1960_1969/fulltext/025c04.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-03-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506185143/http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1960_1969/fulltext/025c04.pdf |archivedate=6 May 2009 |df=dmy-all }} "1969 Competition Commission Report"
2. ^National Archives. Newton, Chambers and Company Archives
3. ^Grace's Guide Advertising archive. "Rozalex 1939 Advertising"
4. ^"Turnaround - Managerial recipes for strategic success". (The fall and rise of the Newton Chambers group) by Peter H.Grinyer and J-C Spender. Published by Associated Business Press (1979). {{ISBN|0-85227-232-4}}
5. ^Present Value Press Release. "Acquisition of Rozalex 5th December 2008"
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