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Metalite Ltd, of Horsell Rd, Highbury, London, makers of electric lamps
Several companies have used the name '''Metalite'''
 
==Metalite Ltd==
of Horsell Rd, Highbury, London, makers of electric lamps


1910 The company was formed to acquire the ''British Metalite'' Lamp and metal filament manufacturing business from '''Bryant Trading Syndicate''' and the business of '''International Filaments'''.  The chairman was the chairman of [[West London and Provincial Electric Supply Co]]; another board member was chairman of the [[South London Electric Supply Corporation]]; the MD was Joseph Metcalfe; the engineer was Francis Robinson.  Metal filaments were already being made in other European countries.  Shares would be traded in London<ref>The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 25, 1910</ref>.  Claimed that the Metalite lamps had long life and were economical in operation<ref>The Times, Jul 11, 1910</ref>
1910 The company was formed to acquire the ''British Metalite'' Lamp and metal filament manufacturing business from '''Bryant Trading Syndicate''' and the business of '''International Filaments'''.  The chairman was the chairman of [[West London and Provincial Electric Supply Co]]; another board member was chairman of the [[South London Electric Supply Corporation]]; the MD was Joseph Metcalfe; the engineer was Francis Robinson.  Metal filaments were already being made in other European countries.  Shares would be traded in London<ref>The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 25, 1910</ref>.  Claimed that the Metalite lamps had long life and were economical in operation<ref>The Times, Jul 11, 1910</ref>

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Several companies have used the name Metalite

Metalite Ltd

of Horsell Rd, Highbury, London, makers of electric lamps

1910 The company was formed to acquire the British Metalite Lamp and metal filament manufacturing business from Bryant Trading Syndicate and the business of International Filaments. The chairman was the chairman of West London and Provincial Electric Supply Co; another board member was chairman of the South London Electric Supply Corporation; the MD was Joseph Metcalfe; the engineer was Francis Robinson. Metal filaments were already being made in other European countries. Shares would be traded in London[1]. Claimed that the Metalite lamps had long life and were economical in operation[2]

1912 Petition for voluntary liquidation[3]

Metalite (Electrical) Ltd

1968 Company wound up[4]

Metalite Engineering Ltd

2006 Annual accounts delivered [5]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 25, 1910
  2. The Times, Jul 11, 1910
  3. London Gazette 5 April 1912
  4. London Gazette 5 March 1968
  5. London Gazette 6 June 2006