Solex

Solex of Solex Works, 223-231 Marylebone Road, London NW1 was a French manufacturer of carburettors and the powered bicycle VéloSoleX.

• 1901 Company founded.

• 1906 Public company.

• 1949 Advert. Carburettor.

• 1961 Aluminium founders and holloware manufacturers. Handling "Solar" pure cast aluminium holloware, gravity and pressure die castings, lime, fertilizer, manure and grit spreaders and silage cutters; tractord and track vehicles and logging equipment; patented caterpillar tracks; jet engine combustion equipment and aircraft components; aircraft, motor car and industrial sealing devices and components; aero engine and general engineering; pressed aluminium and stainless steel holloware; ventilator and air diffusing equipment; venetian blinds; non-ferrous founders, chill cast rods and tubes in phosphor bronze and gun metal; electro plating; anodising; tinning; bronzing and all forms of metal finishing with works throughout United Kingdom. 1,628 employees.

• 1963 Motor Show exhibitor. Carburettors.

Sources of Information

• The Autocar of 19th August 1949 Advert p13
• 1963 Motor Show
• 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE