Fibres Research Centre | |
Native Name: | ICI Fibres |
Map Type: | United Kingdom North Yorkshire |
Altitude: | 900NaN0 |
Building Type: | Textiles Research Centre |
Address: | Hookstone Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 4QN[1] |
Client: | ICI Fibres |
Coordinates: | 53.98°N -1.525°W |
Start Date: | 1956 |
Completion Date: | 1956 |
The Fibres Research Centre was a research centre of ICI in Harrogate in North Yorkshire. The site today is a redeveloped business park.
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.