california . this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message morada home limited type private industry household goods founded london 1876 headquarters altham lancashire england products morada home morada 1876 vogue fabrics morada curtains and accessories website www.morada.co.uk morada limited is a textile company based in altham lancashire . morada specializes in curtains . contents 1 1876 to 1950s 1.1 monomers rayon dacron and artificial silk 1.2 morada 2 1960s to 1980s 3 1990s to the present day 4 external links 1876 to 1950s edit the founding company of b. cohen & co. was established in hanbury street whitechapel london ec1 in 1876 . at this time hanbury street was the epicentre of the jewish community in east london . from the 1891 census it is evident that the multiplicity of trades in this street was remarkable they included ; a licensed victualler a fishmonger a cap maker a tailor and tailoress a china & glass dealer a market porter a van guard a mantle maker a purveyor of horse flesh a moulder in clay a rough packing case maker a silversmith a carman a lighterman an upholsterer a bonnet maker a milk dairyman a cheesemonger a newsagents a shoe maker a waterproof garment maker a cabinet maker a coffin maker a cigar maker a stick maker a furrier and a comb maker . however to londoners hanbury street was the home of the tailoring industry . fittingly the five cohen brothers sold tailor s trimmings ; cotton needles bias binding and all other requisites of the tailoring trade including linings . monomers rayon dacron and artificial silk edit the cohen brothers were looking for a commercial edge and became aware in 1894 that charles cross edward bevan and clayton beadle had patented their artificial silk which they named viscose in the uk and rayon in the us and sold under the trade name dacron . although natural polymers have been with around since time began synthetic polymers are more recent and owe their origin to alexander parkes and his exhibits at the international exhibition in london in 1862 . the most basic building block of a polymer is a monomer which when combined with oxygen nitrogen chlorine or fluoride becomes a polymers . the most important polymer for fabric construction is polyethylene terephthalate more commonly known as polyester . the bright vibrant synthetic fabrics made from these synthetic building blocks exhibit a silk handle ; and all the comfort properties of natural fibres imitating silk wool and linen . b. cohen & co. pioneered the use of these synthetic fabrics as lining materials and took the market by storm as expensive silk was substituted for these new fabrics . by the 1950s b. cohen & co. along with collins and cawthorn were the foremost merchant converters in europe with ranges of lining fabrics woven and dyed to their own specification . the major supplier of loom state fabric to both companies was carrington & dewhurst of eccleston near chorley ; who were also innovators in the production of cellulosic and synthetic fibres . these complex fabrics were dyed by thomas robinson a traditional northern dye house owned by b. cohen & co at ramsbottom lancashire . thomas robinson with the help of ici had developed nylon and polyester and then futuristic spun fabric blends of viscose and acetate . with their fine silk handle and vibrant colour these fabrics proved to be ideal for lining garments . it is estimated that around 1 700 000 000 garments were made with linings sold under the brand name morada . as b. cohen & co. grew it moved premises first to berwick street and then to upper james street ; by the 1940s the company concentrated almost exclusively on the sale of synthetics for use as linings for ladies and gentlemen s apparel . morada edit there are many allegorical and spurious stories weasel words surrounding the origin of the name morada ; some are quite humorous . however given the dominance of the morada brand in the use of synthetic fabrics the name is believed to be derived from monomer mo rayon ra and dacron da ; the first fabrics with which the cohen brothers built their brand morada . 1960s to 1980s edit by the 1960s morada was a banker brand citation needed and the cohen brothers operated from prestigious offices in poultney street london w1 . with no obvious succession the brothers sold the business to carrington & dewhurst . there followed a rapid period of merger and acquisition . at this time ici was a major shareholder in carrington & dewhurst and also viyella international . the two companies were later merged and morada became a division of carrington viyella . in the 1980s sir david alliance appeared on the scene with his company fledging company vantona . vantona made an audacious bid for a company eight times its size ; carrington viyella who by then were manufactures of garments home furnishings carpets and fabrics . morada dorma van heusen and viyella were the cluster of famous brands owned by the group . after a rapid take over morada became part of a new company vantona viyella . a few years later the carrington element became the filament weaving division with the lining sales division known as carrington morada . some years later vantona viyella merged with coats patons and in so doing morada became part of one of the most prominent english textile companies ever formed coats viyella . 1990s to the present day edit as globalisation spread and english textiles companies came under pressure to compete to survive coats viyella divested certain operations . in the late 1990s the present management bought the company and in 2005 secured funding from epic private equity to re establish the morada name as fabric brand . today morada has three divisions ; morada morada contract and morada manufacturing . after 137 years morada is still true to the tenets of the founders citation needed aiming to provide innovative cutting edge solutions clarification needed for fabrics and textiles at value for money prices . citation needed external links edit morada official website v t e culture and infrastructure of the borough of hyndburn transport accrington corporation steam tramways company accrington corporation tramways pilkingtons buses railway stations accrington church and oswaldtwistle huncoat rishton disused stations baxenden great harwood sport accrington cricket club accrington f.c. accrington stanley f.c. accrington stanley f.c. 1891 church and oswaldtwistle cricket club crown ground enfield cricket club great harwood f.c. great harwood town f.c. peel park rishton cricket club thorneyholme road media 2br accrington observer the bee education accrington academy accrington and rossendale college heathland school the hollins technology college mount carmel rc high school norden high school and sports college rhyddings business and enterprise school st christopher s church of england high school companies holland s pies howard & bullough kleeneze morada history burnley rural district politics council elections 1976 79 80 82 95 96 98 99 2000 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15 constituencies accrington hyndburn north east lancashire by election 1880 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title morada company & oldid 727642512 categories companies based in hyndburntextile manufacturers of the united kingdomhidden categories articles lacking sources from february 2014all articles lacking sourcesarticles needing additional references from december 2008all articles needing additional referencesall articles with specifically marked weasel worded phrasesarticles with specifically marked weasel worded phrases from february 2009all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2008articles with unsourced statements from november 2011wikipedia articles needing clarification from december 2008 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 june 2016 at 08 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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