Grace's Guide
British Industrial History
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Londex
From Graces Guide
Londex of 207 Anerley Road, London.
1962 Maker of specialized electrical control equipment; acquired by Elliott Automation[1]
1967 GEC acquired Elliott Automation as part of the take-over of English Electric.
1974 Designed, engineered and installed a continuous counting machine to monitor the output from the printing presses at the Daily Mirror printing plant.[2]
1976 As a subsidiary of GEC, the company agreed with its workers an arrangement which allowed funding of a new at factory at Penge[3]
Also known as GEC Londex
1983 Manufacturer of industrial components; acquired by Cambridge Instruments[4]