In Australia, it operated asbestos plants in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.
By the middle of the twentieth century, James Hardie had become the largest manufacturer and distributor of building products, insulation, pipes and brake linings containing asbestos. At the time, the company manufactured products out of asbestos cement sheet and other related building material.
The company was listed on the Sydney Stock Exchange in 1951. When Hardie retired in 1911, he sold his half of the business to Reid. Andrew Reid, also from Linlithgow, came to join Hardie in Melbourne, and became a full partner in 1895. James Hardie (27 July 1851 – 20 November 1920) emigrated to Australia in 1888 from Linlithgow, Scotland, and established a business importing oils and animal hides.
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