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A member of the [[Adamant and Western Engineering|Adamant and Western Group]].
A member of the [[Adamant and Western Engineering|Adamant and Western Group]].


1955 Western Manufacturing negotiated a deal with [[Standard-Thomson Corporation]] of USA to take a 60 percent interest in a new company, Western Thomson Controls, to manufacture the wax element thermostats of Standard-Thomson<ref>The Times  Mar. 9, 1955</ref>
1955 Western Manufacturing negotiated a deal with Standard-Thomson Corporation of USA to take a 60 percent interest in a new company, Western Thomson Controls, to manufacture the high pressure wax pellet thermostats of Standard-Thomson<ref>The Times  Mar. 9, 1955</ref>


1955 '... the transfer of some of the [[Adamant Engineering Co|Adamant]] plant to [[Western Manufacturing|Western]] without interfering with ... '''Western Thomson Controls''', the new joint subsidiary, hopes to start production early in the New Year.'<ref>Birmingham Daily Post 30 December 1955</ref>
1955 '... the transfer of some of the [[Adamant Engineering Co|Adamant]] plant to [[Western Manufacturing|Western]] without interfering with ... '''Western Thomson Controls''', the new joint subsidiary, hopes to start production early in the New Year.'<ref>Birmingham Daily Post 30 December 1955</ref>

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August 1962.
Oct 1966.

Western Thomson Controls Ltd. of The Aerodrome, Reading, Berkshire, maker of thermostats.

A member of the Adamant and Western Group.

1955 Western Manufacturing negotiated a deal with Standard-Thomson Corporation of USA to take a 60 percent interest in a new company, Western Thomson Controls, to manufacture the high pressure wax pellet thermostats of Standard-Thomson[1]

1955 '... the transfer of some of the Adamant plant to Western without interfering with ... Western Thomson Controls, the new joint subsidiary, hopes to start production early in the New Year.'[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Mar. 9, 1955
  2. Birmingham Daily Post 30 December 1955