Claude-General Neon Lights
of Pitman House, Parker Street, Kingsway, London, WC2
1910 Georges Claude demonstrated the first commercially practicable neon tube and took out the first patents on them[1].
1913 Claude erected the first neon advertising sign[2].
1914 Claude neon lamps were widely in use on the Continent[3].
Manufacturers and suppliers in Great Britain.
1930 GEC invited Stephen Dickson Moyse, an American, to become manager of Claude-General Neon Lights Ltd, a company being formed in partnership with Georges Claude to manufacture neon signs[4]. Moyse helped improve the design and reliability of these lights and make them acceptable for urban use.
1931 GEC had established its Claude-General associate, in which it had "a considerable interest". It had already received orders from the Air Ministry for neon beacons for aerodromes for safe landing in fog[5].
1933 A "fusion of interests" had taken place between David Allen Neon Displays Ltd and Claude-General Neon Lights Ltd[6].
1937 Neon lighting. "Claudegen" Neon signs. "Cleora" Neon tubes.[7]
Claude Neon companies existed in many countries[8].
1969 ITT's subsidiary in France CGCT owned a majority of the shares in Claude, manufacturer of incandescent bulbs, fluorescent tubes, lamp fixtures and neon signs[9].