Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Bonar Brentford Electric

From Graces Guide
1983.
1984.

of Manor Royal, Crawley.

1961 General Hydraulic Power Co acquired Brentford Transformers, Hugh Smith (Glasgow) and Langley Alloys. [1]

Presumably name changed to Brentford Electric

1966 Brentford Electric received an order from Germany for a stabilised power system[2]

1971 Brentford Electric Ltd., Crawley, Sussex gained a Queen's Award for technological innovation in the beam transfer magnet power supply system for the intersecting storage ring project at the laboratory of CERN (Organisation for European Nuclear Research)[3]

1977 Parent company GHP Group acquired by Low and Bonar. [4]

1988 Low and Bonar sell the business to a management team.[5]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, May 8, 1961
  2. The Times Dec. 12, 1966
  3. London Gazette 13 April 1971
  4. The Times, August 6, 1977
  5. Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 19 July 1988