| 1979 |
- Smith & Nephew subsidiaries set up in Stockholm and Gothenburg, Sweden.
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| 1974 |
- The Smith & Nephew Foundation was established to become the central co-ordinator for all Smith & Nephew charitable work.
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| 1973 |
- FLAMAZINE, a new treatment for burns was successfully launched.
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| 1971 |
- Smith & Nephew subsidiary set up in Norway.
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1966 |
- The Airstrip variant of ELASTOPLAST was launched.
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| 1963 |
- In Spain, Smith & Nephew Iberica S.A. was formed in partnership with the company of Dr. Pedro Junyent, to manufacture plaster of paris and adhesive bandages.
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| 1962 |
- No. 2 Temple Place was purchased as the Group Head Quarters
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| 1958 |
- Southalls (Birmingham) Limited and Arthur Berton Limited both acquired. These new acquisitions were merged with the existing Lilia business and Lilia-White (Sales) Limited became the largest single force in the sanitary protection market in the United Kingdom.
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| 1954 |
- An agreement was made with Dr Carl Hahn to produce LIL-LETS in the UK on his machines.
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| 1953 |
- Smith & Nephew (New Zealand) Ltd set up in Auckland.
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| 1952 |
- Smith & Nephew Research Limited (formed out of Herts Pharmaceuticals Limited).
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| 1950 |
- Smith & Nephew formed a company in Australia to be followed three years later by a concern in New Zealand.
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