Correct Option: A

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company, taken over by a number of chemical companies, including Huntsman Corporation, a United States-based company, and AkzoNobel, a Dutch conglomerate, two of the largest chemical producers in the world. In its heyday, ICI was the largest manu-facturing company in the British Empire, and commonly regarded as a “bellwether of the British economy. It produced paints and speciality products (including ingredients for foods, specialty polymers, electronic materials, fragrances and flavours).