Kynoch

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Kynoch was a manufacturer of ammunition, later incorporated into ICI but remaining as a brand name for sporting cartridges.

[edit] History

After the First World War many of the UK ammunition and explosives manfacturers were brought together under Nobel Explosives to become first Nobel Industries which was a founding element of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (ICI) in 1926.

Kynoch along with names such as Eley became brands of subsidiaries.

With the standardization of cartridges across the Western powers and a general downturn in ammunition requirements, the sidelines in sporting cartridges were discontinued by Imperial Metal Industries (IMI) in 1970. IMI became independent of ICI in 1977 still producing rimfire and shotgun cartridges for the sporting markets. The more economically viable production of shotgun and rimfire ammunition continued. The Ammunition Division was incorporated separately as Eley Limited in 1983.

A British company has licenced the Kynoch name to produce the older range of ammunition with modern materials. Kynoch also produced motorcycles.