Rockware Glass
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Rockware Glass is a UK company manufacturing glass containers.
The company has a works at Doncaster
, South Yorkshire
, Worksop
, Nottinghamshire
, Knottingley
West Yorkshire and Irvine, Scotland. Rockware became part of Ardagh Glass Group
in 2006.
Rockware's former works by the Grand Union Canal
in Greenford
, London, developed from W.A.Bailey's glassworks founded in 1900 and Purex lead works. By 1959 Rockware employed 1,220 people on a 14 hectare (35 acre) site. The Greenford works closed in 1973 and is commemorated by Rockware Avenue.
The company has a works at Doncaster
Doncaster
Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...
, South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, Worksop
Worksop
Worksop is the largest town in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England on the River Ryton at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. It is about east-south-east of the City of Sheffield and its population is estimated to be 39,800...
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
, Knottingley
Knottingley
Knottingley is a town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England on the River Aire and the A1 road. It has a population of 13,503....
West Yorkshire and Irvine, Scotland. Rockware became part of Ardagh Glass Group
Ardagh Glass Group
Ardagh Glass Group, seated in Dublin, is a European producer of Glass packages for the food and drink industry.The Ardagh Group has 22 factories in eight countries ....
in 2006.
Rockware's former works by the Grand Union Canal
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. Its main line connects London and Birmingham, stretching for 137 miles with 166 locks...
in Greenford
Greenford
Greenford is a large suburb in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, UK. It was historically an ancient parish in the former county of Middlesex. The most prominent landmarks in the suburb are the A40, a major dual-carriageway; Horsenden Hill, above sea level; the small Parish Church of...
, London, developed from W.A.Bailey's glassworks founded in 1900 and Purex lead works. By 1959 Rockware employed 1,220 people on a 14 hectare (35 acre) site. The Greenford works closed in 1973 and is commemorated by Rockware Avenue.