Industry of the South Humber Bank
Industrialisation (1950–)
After the end of the Second World War the Humber bank and area between Grimsby and Immingham began to be developed by capital intensive industries, main focused on petroleum and chemicals.

Industry of the South Humber Bank

Section Title: Industrialisation (1950–)
Table Section Text: After the end of the Second World War the Humber bank and area between Grimsby and Immingham began to be developed by capital intensive industries, main focused on petroleum and chemicals.

Business	Established	History

British Titan Products	1949	British Titan Products Co. Ltd.

Fisons	1950	Fisons Fertilizers was built adjacent southeast of Immingham Dock, for the production of superphosphate and compound fertilizers (NPK). In the 1960s ICI entered into an arrangement with Fisons for the supply of ammonia to the company, and agreed to construct an ammonia plant to supply Fison's Immingham site.

CIBA	1951	CIBA Laboratories Ltd. established a plant on the Humber bank, north of Great Coates near Grimsby for the manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

Laporte Titianium	1953	National Titanium Pigments Ltd. (after 1953 Laporte Titanium Ltd.) a subsidiary of Laporte established a plant for the production of Titanium dioxide from Ilmenite by a sulphur process to the south east of Immingham Dock on the Humber bank.

John Bull Rubber	1955	John Bull Rubber established a factory near Grimsby in 1955. John Bull Rubber was acquired by Dunlop in 1959.

Courtaulds	1957	Courtaulds Ltd. established a plant for the production of Viscose from wood pulp via the carbon disulphide process, and for Acrylic fibre via acrylonitrile polymerisation on the Humber bank roughly halfway between Immingham and Grimsby docks.

Harco / Doverstrand / Revertex	1963	A synthetic latex manufacturing facility was established c. 1962 near Stallingboroug by Doverstrand Ltd, a joint venture of Revertex and International Latex Corporation (later known as Standard Brands Chemical Industries Inc).

Total-Fina	1968	Total Oil/Fina established an oil refinery on a 373 acres (151 ha) site, named the Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR); key factors in the choice of site were the cheapness of available land, and nearby suitable sites for large oil tankers.

Continental Oil	1969	Continental Oil established an oil refinery on a 380 acres (150 ha) site, named the Humber Oil Refinery; Initial refining capacity was 4.5 million tons per year.

Humber Power Ltd.	1997/1999	The South Humber Bank Power Station was constructed between 1994 and 1997 near the Humber Estuary northeast of Stallingborough; The initial development consisting of three 166 MW gas turbines, and 255 MW steam turbine.

ConocoPhillips	2004	The ConocoPhillips' combined heat and power plant was opened in 2004, adjacent to ConocoPhillips Humber Oil Refinery. The power station was built at a cost of £350 million with 734 MW total electric output.

National Power	1994	In 1994 National Power built a 665 MW combined cycle gas fired powerstation near North Killingholme. The plant consisted of three 145 MW gas turbines with a 227 MW steam turbine.

Powergen	1992	In 1992 Powergen built a 900 MW combined cycle gas fired powerstation near North Killingholme. In 1996 a water cooling system was fitted to the plant, designed to reduce plume formation.

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Associated Chemical Companies established new chemicals and fertilizer production at the site of the South Humber Bank.

final_sentence: Associated Chemical Companies established new chemicals and fertilizer production at the site of the South Humber Bank.