1856-1880, new dyes were discovered every month somewhere in Britain, Germany, France. The companies were in race to announce their new discoveries of dyes.
In this phase the German manufacturers started catching up with their new discoveries.
After Sir William Perkin discovered the 1st Synthetic Dye in the year 1856, led to Domino type discoveries of new dyes one after the another. New dyes were discovered every month somewhere in Britain, Germany, France.
Aniline was first synthesised in 1826 by Otto Unverdorben by extracting it from natural indigo plant. This was followed up by Carl Julius Fritzsche in 1840, who treated indigo plant with caustic potash and named it "Aniline", after the indigo plant named "Anil".
Number 1:
1857 : Perkin and Sons Dye works.
Number 2:
1860 : Holliday Dyes and Chemicals Ltd.
began the manufacture of dye Magenta.
Number 3:
1863 : The Atlas Works, were the pioneers of synthetic dyes of the Magenta family of dyes.
Number 4:
1872 : Irvinebank Dyeworks Limited.
Number 5:
1876 : The Clayton Aniline Company Ltd.