Wedgwood
The move was successful and the firm was turned into a limited company in 1967. It took over many other pottery firms in Stoke.  In 1986 there were 12,000 people working for the company across the world and it had sales of £152 million.  In 1987 the company merged with Waterford Crystal. The new company was called Waterford Wedgwood plc. It took over companies in other countries and by 1999 it had $300 million debts.  After 2001 it started sacking workers. In 2005 it bought the Royal Doulton company, which had a factory in Tangerang, Indonesia.  The pottery was all made there. In 2008 it had debts of £470 million and assets of only £50 million.  Most of the remaining workers were sacked.