Levinstein Ltd was an important Manchester based British dye-making company founded by

Ivan Levinstein Ivan Levinstein (1845-1916) was a German-born British chemist who pioneered the manufacture of synthetic dyes and helped develop the British chemical industry in the late nineteenth century. He was born in Charlottenburg, Germany, the son of ...

(1845-1916). In 1918 the firm became part of

British Dyestuffs Corporation British Dyestuffs Corporation Ltd was a British company formed in 1919 from the merger of British Dyes Ltd with Levinstein Ltd. The British Government was the company's largest shareholder, and had two directors on the board. Background By 191 ...

which in turn formed part of Imperial Chemical Industries in 1926. The firm had operations in

Salford Salford () is a city and the largest settlement in the City of Salford metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, Salford had a population of 103,886. It is also the second and only other city in the metropolitan county afte ...

, Hulton House in

Blackley Blackley is a suburban area of Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is approximately north of Manchester city centre, on the River Irk. History The hamlet of Blackley was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name derives from ...

, and during World War I a sequestered German-owned plant in

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. The firm made the successful ''Blackley blue'' or

Coomassie brilliant blue Coomassie brilliant blue is the name of two similar triphenylmethane dyes that were developed for use in the textile industry but are now commonly used for staining proteins in analytical biochemistry. Coomassie brilliant blue G-250 differs from ...

, a Manchester Brown, a Manchester Yellow dye and during WWI chemicals for military purposes (including Mustard gas made by the eponymous Levinstein process).Levinstein Ltd., 1890-1919. ICI Dyestuffs Division and predecessor companies archive. University of Manchester Library. GB 133 ICI/8

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Graces Guide: Levinstein

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