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The Bromborough Margarine Works was a factory that used to produced margarine owned by Unilever, located in Bromborough in the borough of Wirral, Merseyside.

History
Bromborough Margarine Works were built between 1914 and 1918 after the Lever brothers created Planters Margarine Company Ltd as a subsidiary.

On 9 August 1917, the Policy and Tactics Committee met to consider, amongst other items, a proposal which ‘entailed doubling the present margarine works at Bromborough’.

A new margarine production unit was opened on the 29th of September, 1960.

Location
Prior to 1917, the main works were located at Godley, but a lack of expansion opportunities lead to production rates falling and the company falling behind its competitors. The Lever brothers then looked to Bromborough, where the site was 'in every way a model Works, walls inside tiled, and so on, everything bright and clean'.

The location was tactically important, as it was close to a dock, which was officially opened on 17 April 1931, and was used for imports and exports for the factory.