Wool Industries Research Association
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The Wool Industries Research Association was an industrial research organization in the United Kingdom
. It later became the Wira Technology Group before being merged with the Shirley Institute
in the 1989 to form the British Textile Technology Group.
It was funded by a levy raised under powers from the Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947
through the Wool Textile Research Council, established in 1950.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It later became the Wira Technology Group before being merged with the Shirley Institute
Shirley Institute
The Shirley Institute was established in 1920 as the British Cotton Industry Research Association at The Towers in Didsbury, Manchester as a research centre dedicated to cotton production technologies...
in the 1989 to form the British Textile Technology Group.
It was funded by a levy raised under powers from the Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947
Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947
The Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947 enabled the creation of industrial development Boards with powers to raise levies from specific industrial sectors in the United Kingdom for co-ordinated action, particularly in research, marketing and industrial re-organisation...
through the Wool Textile Research Council, established in 1950.
Notable employees
- Richard Laurence Millington Synge
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- David Cox (statistician)David Cox (statistician)Sir David Roxbee Cox FRS is a prominent British statistician.-Early years:Cox studied mathematics at St. John's College, Cambridge and obtained his PhD from the University of Leeds in 1949, advised by Henry Daniels and Bernard Welch.-Career:He was employed from 1944 to 1946 at the Royal Aircraft...