Chapter 2 The Period Before 1900, and the Formation of the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd

the Thames and Medway area was the home of the cement industry and in this period the firms in this area, of which there were some forty or more by the late 1890’s, can be considered without reference to the firms in other parts of the country. The London area accounted for some 90 per cent of the output of the industry and competition from outside was not important. ²⁰