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* 1961 Cable makers and electrical engineers.
* 1961 Cable makers and electrical engineers.
* 1967 [[AEI]] took over the company at the same time as [[English Electric Co|English Electric]] was also acquiring a company involved in transformers<ref>The Times, 13 May 1967</ref>.


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Revision as of 13:49, 10 September 2011

of Kelivn Works, Hackbridge, Surrey, manufacturer and suppliers of cable to public utilities and commercial undertakings

  • 1917 Incorporated as a private company.
  • 1917 Company made public.
  • 1939 Work on fuel injection equipment for diesel engines, which had been carried out for 2 years and was a significant drain on the company's finances, ceased at the outbreak of war.
  • 1955 Aqcuired Bryce-Siemens[3].
  • 1961 Cable makers and electrical engineers.
  • 1967 AEI took over the company at the same time as English Electric was also acquiring a company involved in transformers[4].

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, 13 September 1948
  2. The Times, 13 September 1948
  3. The Times 26 September 1955
  4. The Times, 13 May 1967