Fuller-Wenstrom Electrical Manufacturing Co
9 Red Lion Court, Cannon Street, London.
1886 John Leslie Fuller (b.1865 Newbury) admitted as Associate of IEE[1]
1896 John Leslie Fuller was appointed sales representative of Allmana Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (A.S.E.A.), to organise the sale of A.S.E.A. single-phase motors in Great Britain.
1898 July 1: Foundation of the Fuller-Wenstrom Electrical Manufacturing Company because John Fuller's enterprise had been so successful.
Fuller disposed of his electrical contracting business and accepted the invitation of Mr. George Wenstrom, managing director of A.S.E.A., to become manager of the Fuller-Wenstrom Electrical Manufacturing Company
1901 Factory opened in the Haunch of Venison Yard, off Brook Street, London W.1. for the assembly of motors from components imported from Sweden.
1901 John Leslie Fuller of 9 Red Lion Court
1902 John Leslie Fuller of Fuller-Wenstrom Electrical Manufacturing Co, 110 Cannon St, London
1905 After four years' operation in Haunch of Venison Yard, staffed by fifteen workmen, the factory was moved to Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, especially to manufacture motors up to 200 h.p.
c.1910 The firm was constituted as a limited liability company - presumably as ASEA Electric Ltd
1915 a new factory was built in Fulbourne Road. At the same time, the sales offices were moved to Chancery Lane, Fuller Electrical and Manufacturing Co, and branch offices were opened in Manchester and Birmingham.
1957 The firm was a member of the Hawker Siddeley Group, but a link remains with A.S.E.A. of Sweden, who are still represented in Great Britain by Fuller Electric, Ltd., The main Fuller products were power transformers, on-load tap changers and variable-speed commutator motors. The company's works were at Walthamstow.
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