These sidings served the Acton factory of the British Can Company (later taken over by Metal Box & Printing Industries), as well as the adjacent Walters' Palm Toffee factory.
Novar plc - the international conglomerate based in the United Kingdom, that was formerly Metal Box, MB Group, MB-Caradon and Caradon plc, and was acquired in 2005 by Honeywell.
Around 3 million cans were used per day at the Melton plant; cans were delivered every 30 minutes, to limit storage space, from the Metal Box company (which became Novar plc).
Trend Controls is an independent entity of the Automation and Control Solutions business of Honeywell and it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell since 2005, when its parent company Novar plc was acquired.
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Novar Controls - a subsidiary of Honeywell, and former subsidiary of Novar plc.