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Synthite Ltd
Alyn Works Mold
The site was used by Mold Cotton Mill from 1792 but was destroyed by fire in 1866.
A tinplate works was established on the site in 1878.
During WW2 the site was an ordnance depot.
Acquired by Synthite in 1950.
Synthite originally founded in 1920 at West Bromwich producing resins and in due course producing formaldehyde.
1928 became part of Charles Tennant Group.
Formaldehyde production began in Mold in 1950 and in 1991 all production moved to Mold.
The Synthite site was served by a goods siding from the Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway. By 1968 the line terminated at Synthite. In 1983 Synthite moved from rail to road transport and the railway line was lifted. '