SYNTHETIC INDIGO

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2988, 27 January 1917, Page 9

SYNTHETIC INDIGO

FIRST APPEARANCE UNDER A " BRITISH MARK. ' . The • manufacture of synthetic indigo ..at Ellesmere Port is.a great-step to- , wards making Groat Britain independent .. of foreign countries, and inore partial-. ; .larly of Germany,, for dyestiiffs. It is 'an event of great importance in the industrial history of England. ' Indigo is the staple- dyestuff of the world, and synthetic indigo, which 'had largely replaced the "plantation" product on tho market, was a German monopoly. In order to • satisfy the • Patents Act, tlm , Germans were obliged to conduct flte • last stages, at any rate, of its manu- ; facturo in England, and the works which ' were erected for this purpose at Elles- : mere Port were, with the assent of the ' Governriienti'purchased by Messrs. Levin- '■ eteih, Ltd., of Blaclcley, Manchester. : Tile firm, which lias long been eminent in the colour, industry, and did important public service in meeting the trade crisis caused by the sudden outbreak of war, entered into possession of tliiEllesmere Port. Works in August, and British-made eynthetie indigo (L.L.) is jinw on the market. Tho synthetic product lind come to be preferred for its superior qualities to tho plantation indigo, and English dyers Old calico printers will be pleased to Jiear of its first appearance, under a British mart.... , . .-•■ • '■■'