For the manufacture of what did Sir Alistair Pilkington develop the 'float process'?
Pilkington and some government ministers. Their joint successful work was followed by a withdrawal of BTR's offer in early 1986. Pilkington aggressively protected its patents and trade secrets through a network of licensing agreements with glass manufacturers around the world. The modern "float" technique (pouring the molten glass on a layer of very pure molten tin) became commercially widespread when Alistair Pilkington developed a practical version, patented in the late 1950s and early 1960s. As Pilkington plc owned all but one of the manufacturing plants around the world employing the float process Pilkington had a monopoly. Although the patents had expired
Sir Lionel Pilkington, 5th Baronet at Wakefield. He was succeeded by his brother Sir Michael Pilkington, 6th Baronet. Sir Lionel Pilkington, 5th Baronet Sir Lionel Pilkington, 5th Baronet (c.1707 – 11 August 1778) was a British Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir Lyon Pilkington, 4th Baronet of Stanley, near Wakefield, Yorkshire and educated at Westminster School (1721) and Christ Church, Oxford (1725). He succeeded his father in 1716. He was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1740–41 and elected MP for Horsham in a by-election in 1748, sitting until 1768. He bought Chevet Hall near Wakefield from his sister-in-law, Anne, where