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Adelaide & Wallaroo Fertilizers Ltd (1965 - 1987) |
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| Location: Adelaide, South Australia | ||
Formed in 1965, the company's name was changed to Top Australia Ltd in 1987 to reflect the company's major brand. |
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The company was incorporated in Adelaide on November 12 1965, to merge The Adelaide Chemical & Fertilizer Co. Ltd. and Wallaroo-Mount Lyell Fertilisers Ltd. In 1980, the company combined its acid, chemical and copper divisions, marketing these products under the trading name Adelaide Chemical Company. The company marketed a range of home garden products under the brand name TOP. In June 1985 the company acquired M. F. Hodge & Sons Pty. Ltd., thus entering the flower, vegetable and lawn seed, pesticide, weedicide, specialty fertilizers, potting mix and snail bait markets. Its fully owned subsidiary, Saftrans Pty. Ltd., operated as a transport company. On 3 December 1987 the company changed its name to TOP Australia Ltd to reflect the name of the company’s major brand. | |
| Sources used to compile this entry: Information provided by RMIT, MBIT student, Catherine Nolan. | |
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Published by Archive Research Consultancy, 1999-2006 Submit any comments, questions, corrections and additions Updated: 3 December 2006 http://www.gabr.net.au/biogs/ABE0240b.htm |