Hackbridge Cable Co
of Kelvin 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.
1947 Acquired Bryce Electric Construction Co and Mitcham Motor Co, haulage contractors[1].
1948 Hackbridge Cable Holdings Ltd formed as a public company to acquire Hackbridge Cable Co[2].
1955 Acquired Bryce-Siemens[3].
1956 Hackbridge Cable Holdings changed its name to Hackbridge Holdings[4]
1961 Cable makers and electrical engineers.
1961 Formed new subsidiary Kelvin Metal Industries to carry out metal fabrication for the group and outside customers[5]
1967 AEI took over the company at the same time as English Electric was also acquiring a company involved in transformers[6].