Produced by Industrial Plastics Ltd. from 1939-1952 in Adelaide, after which the company was renamed Iplex Plastic Industries. In 1953-4 the company made 10,000 ‘illuminated plastic crowns’, as well as fleur-de-lys, flags and bunting for the Royal tour. The company also made PVC pipes from the 1950s onwards. In 1982 it became Hardie Iplex.
The canister product line maintained the basic design and colours from 1949-1954.
Products
Biscuit barrels, salt boxes, canisters, spice sets, food consevrer (sic), cups and saucers, plates.
Colours
Ivory with green, blue or red lids, mottled green, mottled cream, blue.
The West Australian (Perth), 8th October 1953 p.9
3 “cake containers”
This was available with a blue lid.
Below is a half pint stein, souvenir of the 1952 Royal Adelaide Show by Industrial Plastics Ltd. It shows a regal carriage drawn by mounted horses passing under a triumphal arch.
