Companies
MPS represents staff in many chemical and pharmaceutical companies, and these have had many changes in recent years, with divestments, mergers, management buyouts etc. For example, ICI is believed to have generated almost 70 new entities. The full history is complicated but a simplified description can be found in the following diagrams.
W R Grace forced into liquidation by employee lawsuits (asbestos)
Dow and Union Carbide merge in USA
Pharmaceutical Companies
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The Association of Management and Professional Staffs