Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Matchbook |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 2024.013 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 2024.013.014 |
Description |
White and blue matchbook with the blue Polysar logo on the front and back. There are paper matches inside. They were made by: Brant & May's 'Sovereign' Safety Book Matches made in England. |
Provenance |
Polymer was a Canadian crown corporation established in 1942 at Sarnia to produce artificial rubber to substitute rubber supplies that were cut off during WWII. The corporation was renamed Polysar in 1976 and the rubber component became a subsidiary, Polysar Rubber Corp. In 2005 Bayer AG spun off chemical divisions, including most of the Sarnia site, creating LANXESS AG, also of Germany. Lanxess and Saudi Aramco signed an agreement in 2016 to form the joint venture. Arlanxeo was formed from the names of both partners, with the ending "EO" referring to elastomers, its products. |
Dimensions |
H-0.8 W-4.7 L-7.5 cm |
Search Terms |
Logo Matches Petrochemical Industries Polysar Sarnia-Lambton Petrochemical and Refining Complex |