Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,859 pages of information and 247,161 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Luxram Electric

From Graces Guide
1938.

Luxram Electric Ltd. of 53 Great Eastern Street, London. E.C.2.

of Knight Road, Strood, Kent.

1932 Company founded.

1937 Private company.

1961 Manufacturers of electric lamps, fluorescent tubes and of electric lamp making machinery. Electronic engineers. 450 employees. [1]

1966 Ada (Halifax) acquired a controlling interest from Philips Electrical.[2]

1982 Philips announced the closure of the Strood factory by April the following year.[3]


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Sources of Information

  1. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  2. The Times, Apr 07, 1966
  3. Manchester Evening News - 25 June 1982