| AdminHistory | Lighting and Engineering Industries Limited, Sheffield and Holmer Green was established as such c. 1974. The company appears to have formerly traded as the Bogawantalawa Tea Holdings Limited and held significant holdings and a directorship in The Bogawantalawa District Tea Company Limited.
The Bogawantalawa District Tea Company Limited was incorporated 5 Feb 1897. The company grew and manufactured tea in Sri Lanka until 16 Oct 1975 when the fixed assets and business in Sri Lanka were nationalised.
On 16 Oct 1975 all the company's fixed assets and business interests in Sri Lanka were compulsorily acquired by the Sri Lankan Government. An agreement was reached with the Sri Lankan Governement for compensation to the company for fixed assets payable over five years from 1977 to 1981. By 1979 the company [along with Lighting and Engineering Industries Limited?] was part of the Johnson and Firth Brown Group. |
| CustodialHistory | These records were deposited at Sheffield Archives via the Archivist at Cutlers Hall, Sheffield by Firth Rixson PLC in 1993. They had presumably remained in the custody of Firth Rixson PLC and its predecessors prior to this time. |