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The
Homburg-Murmann Global Database of
Synthetic Dye Firms and Plants Period:
1848 until 1914
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| News: This database is now publicly available for qualified researchers to look up information on firms and plants. Contact J. Peter Murmann or Ernst Homburg for access. | |
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| Database
Description: The database covers all firms
in the global synthetic dye industry that left some public trace
from 1848 to 1914. The database has two parts covering two levels
of analyses. One on on firms and one on plants. The reasons for
making two different database is that firms often go out of
business yet plants continue to exist under new ownerships.
The firm and plant database are linked in the sense that for every
plant that exists in a particular year is linked to a firm that
owns that plant. For every firm we made one record for every year
that a firms existed. There are around 7000 firm-year records in
the database, covering approximately 740 distinct legal firms.
There are around
8000 plant-year records in the database, covering approximately
600 distinct plants.
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| Database Type and Access: The database is made with the program FileMaker, which is the easiest database problem available on the market. Researchers can email us for access to the Web-based Version of the database, which allows for easy finding of information on particular firms and plants using a browser. One of us, JP Murmann has written about the advantages of using FileMaker for historical research. View Article. | |
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Database Handbook: We have developed a handbook that explains the sources of our data and how we made coding decisions. Download Handbook |
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How to Cite Database: Ernst Homburg and Johann Peter Murmann. 2016. Global Database of Synthetic Dye Firms and Plants, 1848-1914, <http://jpm.li/113>. |
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Photo Gallery: See some pictures from the synthetic dye industry and product labels from all over the world here. |
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| Graphical Picture of FileMaker Firm Database: | |
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| Graphical Picture of FileMaker Plant Database: | |
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| Variable List of Firm Database: | (Note that abbreviations are written out in full in plant database
variable list below) |
| Ali only Ali Sum Dom Ali Sum For Ali Sum Total AniD only AniD Sum Dom AniD Sum For AniD Sum Total AniD with Ali AzD Sum Dom AzD Sum For AzD Sum Total Back to IBC Back to OBC Change Made Company Capital Corporate ID# Corporate Year Code corrected by Country Country Year ID# director Dividents done by Double Count Firms Dubious Firm Dubious Firm Reason Dyeing Works Dyes Only Economic Unit ID End Date F Sum Dom F Sum For F Sum Total FC Sum Dom FC Sum For FC Sum Total Fine Chemicals Firm Entry Year Firm Exit Year Firm ID # Firm ID # Copy Firm Name Firm Year Code Firm Year Code Copy Forward to Pho Founding Date IBC Sum Dom IBC Sum For IBC Sum Total IBC to Photo Ind Sum Dom Ind Sum For Ind Sum Total Int AniD Ali Int only Int Sum Dom Int Sum For Int Sum Total Int with Aliz Int with AniD Investigate Legal Status Location M Sum Dom M Sum For M Sum Total Name Previous Activity Nap Sum Dom Nap Sum For Nap Sum Total Natural Dye Works ND Sum Dom ND Sum For ND Sum Total No Direct Sales to Endusers Notes Number of Chemists Number of Workers OB Sum Dom OB Sum For OB Sum Total Other Previous Activity Ownership Pha Sum Dom Pha Sum For Pha Sum Total Pharmacy PhD Sum Dom PhD Sum For PhD Sum Total Pho Sum Dom Pho Sum For Pho Sum Total Predecessors Predominantly Trader Print Works Profits References Res Sum Dom Res Sum For Res Sum Total Sales Sales Maximum Sales Mininum Sales Offices Specification Dyeing Works Specification Dyetrade Specification Fine Chemicals Specification Natural Dye Making Specification Other Trade Specification Pharmacy Specification Print Works Specification Tar Destillation Successors Sul Sum Dom Sul Sum For Sul Sum Total Tar Destillation Total Staff Total Workforce Town Trading of Dyes Trading of Other Products Year |
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| Variable List of Plant Database: | Alizarine Dyes Alizarine Dyes tons Alizarine Dyes value Aniline Dyes Aniline Dyes tons Aniline Dyes value Azo Dyes Azo Dyes tons Azo Dyes value Change Made Corporate ID# corrected by Country Country Year ID# director done by Double Count Plants Dubious Plant Dubious Plant Reason Fine Chemicals Fine Chemicals tons Fine Chemicals value Firm ID# Firm Year Code Firm Year Code Copy Fuchsine Fuchsine tons Fuchsine value Indigo Indigo tons Indigo value Inorganic Basic Chemicals Inorganic Basic Chemicals tons InorganicBasicChemicals value Intermediates Intermediates tons Intermediates value Investigate Location Murexide Murexide tons Murexide value Name Naphtaline dyes Natural Dyes Natural Dyes tons Natural Dyes value Notes Number of workers Organic Basic Chemicals Organic Basic Chemicals tons Organic Basic Chemicals value Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals tons Pharmaceuticals value Phenol Dyes Phenol Dyes tons Phenol Dyes value Photochemicals Photochemicals tons Photochemicals value Plant Entry Year Plant Exit Year Plant ID# References Resorsine dyes Copy Sulpher Dyes Sulpher Dyes tons Sulpher Dyes value Town Year |
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