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| [[image:Im1956TrHanbk-Rists.jpg|thumb| 1956.]] | | #REDIRECT [[Rist's Wires and Cables]] |
| [[image:Im19570329Aero-Rists.jpg|thumb| March 1957.]]
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| [[image:Im1962Tra-Rists.jpg|thumb| 1962. ]]
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| of Newcastle-under-Lyme
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| 1902 Company founded.
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| 1927 Private company formed as [[Flexible Electric Cords]] Ltd.
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| 1935 Name changed.
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| 1934 [[A. Rist|A. Rist (1927)]] Ltd, a subsidiary of [[Joseph Lucas Ltd]], acquired [[Flexible Electric Cords]], a small company manufacturing electric cable for motor vehicles and other uses; this company then changed its name to [[Rists Wires and Cables]] Ltd. Lucas has said that it financed this development in order to safeguard the supply of cable for use with its electrical equipment as it wanted to have a source of supply outside the cable manufacturers' "ring" that existed at that time.
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| 1936 '''A. Rist (1927) Ltd''' was wound up and its business in ignition coils and other motor goods was taken over by '''Rists Wires & Cables'''. The principal product of the company became cable harness, used in conjunction with reference equipment.
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| 1949 Subsidiary [[K. X. Lamps]] Ltd. formed, with a factory at Middlesbrough, to manufacture filament light bulbs
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| 1961 Manufacturers of electrical cables, flexibles and wiring assemblies for the motor, electrical and radio trades. 3,200 employees. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref>
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| 1962 '''Rists Wires & Cables''' Ltd. ended its manufacture of ignition coils.
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| 1974 Fabrostrip, a flat strip wiring harness for car and other products, was awarded a Design Council Engineering Award.<ref>The Engineer 1974/05/02</ref>
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| == See Also ==
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| == Sources of Information ==
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| <references/>
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| * Competition Commission
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| [[Category: Town - Newcastle-under-Lyme]]
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| [[Category: Wires and Cables (electrical)]]
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| [[Category: Electrical Engineering - Light]]
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| [[Category: Automotive Components ]]
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