Two mechanical engineers installing an air conditioning unit in the tablet factory, known as Building D95, at the Boots factory

Date:: 1 Jul 1975

Location:: Boots Factory, Building D95, Beeston, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire

Reference:: JLP01/09/752570

Type:: Photograph (Negative)

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Description

In May 1973 Laing announced a £3.6 million contract to build a new tablet factory covering a five acre plot at Boots' site in Beeston. The factory was built in 1974/75, during which time the company worked through the three-day week and a shortage of steel - the original timeframe was therefore extended by six months. When the project was completed in 1975, it was published as being worth £4 million. The building had a "highly sophisticated air-conditioning plant" with 40 separate air conditioning units. Over 300 types of tablets would be produced at the factory; the interior was designed to meet the new cleanliness and contamination standards of the pharmaceutical industry. A cropped version of this photograph was published in the August 1975 edition of 'Team Spirit', the Laing newsletter.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/09 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives 1974-1994; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

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Keywords

Late 20th Century Factory, People At Work