Reckitt and Sons
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Reckitt and Sons was a leading British manufacturer of household products, notably starch, black lead, laundry blue, and household polish, and based in Kingston upon Hull.
Industry | Household products |
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Predecessor | Isaac Reckitt and Sons |
Founded | 1840, registered 1879 |
Founder | Isaac Reckitt |
Fate | Merged with Benckiser NV to make Reckitt Benckiser |
Successor | Reckitt & Colman |
Headquarters | |
Products | Starch, black lead, household polish, laundry blue |
Isaac Reckitt began business in Hull in 1840, and his business became a private company "Isaac Reckitt and Sons" in 1879, and a public company in 1888. The company expanded through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It merged with a major competitor in the starch market J. & J. Colman in 1938 to form Reckitt & Colman
Colmans' food business was subsequently divested and a merger made with Benckiser to form Reckitt Benckiser in 1999.
As of 2021[update] the company's original site at Dansom Lane, Hull, is still used for manufacturing.[1]