Yule Catto & Co plc is a British-based chemicals business. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index

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History

The Company was founded by Andrew Yule in 1863 in Calcutta

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

as a trading house known as Andrew Yule & Co. Thomas Catto became managing partner early in his career and Yule Catto was formed as its British purchasing arm. Thomas Catto's son, Stephen turned it into an international chemical manufacturing business.

Operations

The Company has three activities: Polymer chemicals, Pharma chemicals and Impact chemicals.