Muirhead and Co
Muirhead and Company, of Beckenham, electrical and mechanical engineers.
1894 Company founded by Alexander Muirhead
1896 Moved to Elmers End in Beckenham, Kent.
1904 Private company.
1910 Exhibited at the Physical Society's Exhibition[1]
1911 Exhibited electromagnetic rectifiers for converting ac into dc and the automatic transformer switch which only supplies power when a light is switched on[2].
1960 Public company[3].
1961 Manufacturers of precision electrical instruments and condensers. Specialised in picture telegraph, measuring and testing equipment for the electrical and communication industries.
1962 Muirhead and Co acquired Addison Electric Co[4].
1964 Company reported an "era of opportunity" although Addison's results were disappointing but expected would improve with pick-up in cable industry[5].
1965 Brown Brothers and Co marketed a new form of ship stabilizer, the Muirhead-Brown Controlled Tank Stabilizer, invented by John Bell, engineering consultant of Muirheads[6].
1968 Demonstrated facsimile transmission with GEC.
1972 Acquired Vactric Control Equipment[7] and Integrated Photomatrix
1979 Established Muirhead Office Systems
1981 Company reported a substantial loss; closed the Morden factory[8]
1985 Maker of facsimile machines and electronic components, especially for the defence industry; received bid from RHP[9], which was soon successful.
See Also
Sources of Information
- The Engineer of 5th January 1968 p23
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE