A000278 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-04-13 human Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000278b.htm corporateBody Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd (ACI) AACR2 25 January 1939 1982 Start Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Location Sydney, New South Wales Manufacturing Industry Established in January 1939, Australian Consolidated Industries (ACI) was a holding company, consisting of subsidiary companies that manufactured items such as bottles, glassware, sheet glass, engineering products and plastics. The company was formed by changing the name of the Australian Glass Manufacturers Co. Ltd. to better reflect the changed diversity of its manufacturing. Its subsidiary companies were then created through reconstitution and restructuring, including the registrations of Australian Glass Manufacturers Co. Pty. Ltd. and ACI Plastics Pty Ltd. Other subsidiary companies in 1939 included: - Australian Window Glass Pty, Ltd.; - ACI Engineering Pty. Ltd.; - ACI Fibre Packages Pty. Ltd.; - ACI Investments Pty. Ltd.; - ACI Metal Stamping and Spinning Pty. Ltd.; - Bernard Smith (Pty.) Ltd.; - Bruntons Bright Steel Pty. Ltd.; - Crown Crystal Glass Pty. Ltd.; - Dott and Co. Pty. Ltd.; - New Zealand Glass Manufacturers Co. Pty. Ltd.; - Queensland Glass Manufacturers Co. Pty. Ltd.; - South Australian Silicates Co. Pty. Ltd.; and - Glass Fibres (Australia) Pty. Ltd. Forrest, James Alexander (1905 - 1990)

Chairman 1953 - 1977

 Grimwade, Edward Norton (1866 - 1945)

Chairman, Director 1939 -

 Australian Glass Manufacturers Company Limited (II) (1922 - 1939) Simcock, George O'Kell (1896 - 1954)

Victorian Technical Manager c1939 - 1953

 Australian Glass Manufacturers Company Pty Ltd (1939 - )

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 'Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd (ACI)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd (ACI) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000