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Bonar, Long and Co

From Graces Guide

of East Kingsway Works, Dundee

1936 Private company formed as Rissik, Long and Co.

1938 Name changed to Bonar, Long and Co.

1951 Acquired by Low and Bonar.

1957 Mr T. A. Long, managing director, joined the parent company's board[1]

1961 Manufacturers of electrical power transformers, capacitors, L.V. switchgear and A.C. welding plant. 600 employees. [2]

Acquired by Elektrisk Bureau A/S of Norway (a subsidiary of ASEA-Brown Boveri)

1987 Name changed to N.I. Transformers (UK) Ltd to reflect its parent company

1994 Became part of ABB Power T&D Ltd, based in Aberdeen, maker of telegraph and telephone apparatus and equipment

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, June 18, 1957
  2. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE