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Applam Fruit Products Company Ltd.

Applam Fruit Products Company Ltd. was an English pectin manufacturer, with which Otto Frank had business contacts.

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OMGUS, US National Archives, Washington DC.

Applam Fruit Co., records of the External Assets Investigation OMGUS, 1946-'49, US National Archives, Washington DC.

OMGUS, US National Archives, Washington DC. Copyright: Publiek domein.

Applam Fruit Products Company was based in Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, UK.[1] The company was part of the Pomosin group. The company was controlled by Otto Frank and the Nederlandsche Opekta Mij.[2] Applam's partners decided to dissolve it on 17 March 1934 .[3] A restart failed because the owner of the buildings and machinery wanted to conclude a lease for too long a period.[4] On 4 November 1935, Thomas Kefford was appointed liquidator.[5]

Otto Frank had many appointments with Kefford in 1937. On 2 December 1937, he travelled to Bristol and Taunton, where the Applam factory was located.[6] On 10 March 1954, there was a meeting to account for the liquidation. At the bottom of the announcement was Kefford's name.[7]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne Frank's Norton Fitzwarren connection, Somerset County Gazette, 26 juli 2014
  2. ^ US National Archives, Washington DC, ‘Records of the External Assets Investigation Section of the Property Division, OMGUS, 1945-1949’, re. Pomosin: Bericht über die Pomosin-Werke […], p. 21.
  3. ^ London Gazette, 4 mei 1934, issue 34047, p. 2891.
  4. ^ US National Archives, External Assets Investigation: toelichting op ‘Bericht’, 25 februari 1948.
  5. ^ London Gazette, 8 november 1935, issue 34217, p. 7093.
  6. ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, reg. code OFA_001; Kefford: 20-22 en 27-29 september; Taunton: 2 december 1937.
  7. ^ London Gazette, 5 februari 1954, issue 40093, p. 812.