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 167,390 pages of information and 246,895 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.

Sovex

From Graces Guide

of Erith, mechanical handling engineers

1932 Company incorporated to carry on the business of A. Sauvee and Co Ltd, engineers, contractors, etc[1]

1959 Installed sorting system at Leeds sorting office for the Post Office

1961 Push-button mechanical parcel sorting system ordered by the Post Office for the new London western sorting office[2]

1962 Supplied 4 vertical elevators for the Stockwell wine storehouse of Brown and Pank[3]. At some point was acquired by BBA Group[4]

By 1975 BBA had acquired Marshall Conveyors and the 2 companies were brought together as Sovex Marshall

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Feb. 27, 1932
  2. The Times June 28, 1961
  3. The Times Jan. 3, 1962
  4. The Times June 5, 1963