subsidiary industry chemicals founded 2005 headquarters northwich cheshire england united kingdom products sodium carbonate soda ash sodium bicarbonate calcium chloride sodium sesquicarbonate parent tata chemicals website tata chemicals europe tata chemicals europe formerly brunner mond uk limited is a uk based chemicals company that is a subsidiary of tata chemicals limited itself a part of the india based tata group . its principal products are soda ash sodium bicarbonate calcium chloride and associated alkaline chemicals . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the original company was formed as a partnership in 1873 becoming a limited company in 1881 by john brunner and ludwig mond . they built winnington works in northwich cheshire and produced their first soda ash in 1874 . in 1911 it acquired soap and fat manufacturer joseph crosfield and sons and gossage another soap company that owned palm plantations . a few years later it sold the soap and chemical businesses to unilever . in 1917 the company s tnt factory in silvertown london exploded having caught fire . in 1924 brunner mond acquired the magadi soda company of kenya and in 1926 brunner mond was one of the four main companies along with british dyestuffs corporation nobel s explosives limited and the united alkali company which took part in the merger which created the massive industrial combine imperial chemical industries ici . alfred mond son of ludwig and chairman of brunner mond was a key figure along with harry mcgowan of nobel s in bringing this merger about . the brunner mond business was absorbed into the alkali group of ici becoming one of the largest and most successful companies in the world ici acquired crosfield and gossage s chemicals business from unilever in 1997 . the alkali group s name changed over time becoming the alkali division in 1951 then merging with the runcorn based general chemicals division in 1964 to form mond division and finally becoming the soda ash products group of ici chemicals and polymers from 1986 until divestment . world war i memorial plaque now at sandbach cemetery during the early 20th century the company built managers and workers houses in nearby hartford . 1 in 1991 brunner mond holdings limited was formed by the break off of the uk and kenyan soda ash businesses from ici . this saw the return of the brunner mond name to the stock market but was unrelated to the original enterprise in all but name . in 1998 the company acquired the soda ash production capabilities of akzo nobel in the netherlands to form brunner mond b.v. now a wholly owned subsidiary company of the group . brunner mond acquired british salt a cheshire based brine company in 2010 for an undisclosed amount in a vertical acquisition aimed at securing the supply chain and creating synergies through reduced transportation costs . brunner mond was purchased by tata chemicals in 2006 . in april 2011 brunner mond was re branded as tata chemicals europe . see also edit solvay process silvertown explosion mond gas timeline of hydrogen technologies ludwig mond award melchett medal baron melchett robert mond references edit hartford village design statement pdf . vale royal borough council . retrieved 2007 02 20 . external links edit brunner mond website magadi soda website v t e tata group divisions and subsidiaries crom the indian hotels company gateway ginger taj hotels resorts and palaces tajair tata advanced systems tata business support services tata chemicals british salt tata chemicals europe tata chemicals magadi tata communications vsnl international canada tata consultancy services cmc tata research development and design centre tata elxsi tata global beverages eight o clock coffee good earth tea tata coffee tetley tata housing development company tata interactive systems tata investment corp tata motors jaguar land rover tata daewoo tata hispano tata power tata power sed tata steel tata steel europe tayo rolls tata technologies tata teleservices titan industries tanishq trent star bazaar westside voltas tatacliq.com joint ventures airasia india 41 % tata aia 74 % tata aig 74 % tata mcgraw hill vistara 51 % tata sky 80 % tata starbucks 50 % tata docomo 74 % virgin mobile india 74 % telcon construction solutions 40 % shareholdings piaggio aero 33.3 % people jamsetji tata ratanji dadabhoy r gopalakrishnan dorabji tata nowroji saklatwala j. r. d. tata ratan tata pallonji mistry surya kant cyrus pallonji mistry jamshed jiji irani noel tata r. k. krishna kumar other bombay house tata centre tata dhan academy tata family tata football academy tata management training centre tata sons tcs amsterdam marathon tcs nyc marathon category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tata chemicals europe & oldid 698464332 categories tata groupchemical companies of the united kingdommanufacturing companies of englandcompanies based in cheshirecorporate subsidiariesnorthwichmanufacturing 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