Fibres Research Centre

Fibres Research Centre
Fibres Research Centre
ICI Fibres
	Location within North Yorkshire
General information
Type	Textiles Research Centre
Address	Hookstone Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 4QN
Coordinates	53°58′48″N 1°31′30″W / 53.98°N 1.525°W
Elevation	90 m (295 ft)
Construction started	1956
Completed	1956
Client	ICI Fibres

The Fibres Research Centre was a research centre of ICI in Harrogate in North Yorkshire. The site today is a redeveloped business park.

History

ICI Fibres was formed on 1 April 1956, and all textile research for ICI moved to Harrogate.

The fibres were made by ICI at a plant at Kilroot in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.^[2]

It was sited in the south-west of North Yorkshire.

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