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Corporate Name	Portex
Dates	1940-
Epithet	Medical plastics manufacturer
Professional Activities	In 1940, Dr. S.A. Leader founded Portland Plastics to explore medical uses of plastics, later advertising under the name "Portex" in 1947, before being acquired by Smiths Industries in 1957, moving to new premises in Hythe by 1977, and officially becoming Portex in 1967.
Other form of name	Smith Industries Smiths Group
NonPreferredTerm	Portland Plastics Portex (from 1967)

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