Tarmac is a company based in Wolverhampton and operating in the United Kingdom, originally formed by Edgar Purnell Hooley as the Tar Macadam (Purnell Hooley's Patent) Syndicate Limited in 1903. The company produces aggregates and road-surfacing materials, including Tarmac, from which the company's name is derived. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1922 and de-listed in 1999. Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. ... E. Purnell Hooley is the inventor of Tarmac. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... A close-up view of some freshly-laid tarmac. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Milestones in the expansion of the business included the acquisition of Derbyshire Stone in 1968, of Mitchell Construction in 1973, of McLean Homes in 1974 and of Holland Hannen & Cubitts in 1976. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Projects undertaken by or involving Tarmac Construction included the Preston Bypass completed in 1958, the St Albans Bypass completed in 1960, the Thames Barrier, the Joint European Torus and Drax Power Station all completed in 1984, the Conwy Road Tunnel completed in 1986, the Albert Dock refurbishment completed in 1988, the Channel Tunnel completed in 1994, the Medway Road Tunnel completed in 1996 and Canary Wharf tube station completed in 1999. You may be looking for Carillon Carillion plc (LSE: CLLN) is a British based construction services business headquartered in Wolverhampton. ... This article concerns the M6 motorway in England. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The M10 is a short section of motorway to the north of London. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... The Thames Barrier is a flood control structure on the River Thames at Woolwich Reach in London. ... Split image of JET with right side showing hot plasma during a shot. ... Drax is a large coal-fired power station located near Selby in North Yorkshire in Northern England. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The A55 at Warren Mountain The A55, also known as the North Wales Expressway, is a major road in Britain. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of the Channel Tunnel. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Canary Wharf tube station is a London Underground station on the Jubilee Line, between Canada Water and North Greenwich. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

The business expanded so rapidly in the 1980's such that at its peak it had turnover of over £3 billion and employed over 30,000 people. At that time it was listed on the London Stock Exchange as a broadly based industrial group active in building materials, housebuilding and construction. The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... Building material is any material which is used for a construction purpose. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

By the early 1990's it had over-extended itself and in 1992 it reported significant losses. In 1996 it disposed of its housebuilding activities to George Wimpey under a swap agreement which enabled Tarmac to acquire Wimpey's building materials and construction activities. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... George Wimpey Plc is one of the UKs largest housebuilders with corporate headquarters in London England and UK operational headquarters in High Wycombe. ...

The company is a subsidiary of Anglo American plc, which acquired the firm in October 1999, three months after Tarmac had demerged its construction arm, to form the company Carillion[1]. This move has left Tarmac as a building materials company, which currently owns 521 sites world-wide, including 75 asphalt plants. Anglo American plc (LSE: AAL) is a world-wide group of companies, originally founded in South Africa as a mining enterprise but now extending into other areas. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Netherlands Carillon in Arlington, Virginia, USA A carillon is a keyboard percussion instrument composed of a range of bells controlled by a keyboard. ...

Familiar Tarmac logo in use from 1964 to 1996

External Link

Official Website

References

• "Tarmac Agrees Takeover", BBC News, 1999-11-5. Retrieved on 2007-01-22. 
• Tarmac plc Annual Report and Accounts 1992
• The Story of Tarmac by Berry Ritchie published by James & James (Publishers) Ltd, 1999