Consolidated Signal Co
of 53 Great Victoria Street, London
1901 The company was registered on 16 August, as the Pneumatic Electric and General Engineering Co, to acquire the shares of various concerns engaged in the railway signalling trade.
1903 The name was changed in December, to the above title. [1]
1920 Westinghouse Brake Co acquired certain assets of the Consolidated Signal Co[2]. By the acquisition of those assets, Westinghouse Brake secured controlling interests in the signal manufacturing concerns of[3]:
- Saxby and Farmer Ltd
- England, McKenzie and Holland Ltd
- Saxby and Farmer (India) Ltd
- McKenzie, Holland and Westinghouse Power Signal Co
- Compagnie Generale Signalisation de Paris
The name of the Westinghouse Brake company was changed to Westinghouse Brake and Saxby Signal Co.
1970 Kings Motors (Oxford) bid for the rest of the shares in Consolidated Signal, whose only asset was 11 percent of the shares of Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co [4]
1971 Involved in a contest with Ozalid and Norcros for control of Venesta which was subject to an investigation by the Takeover Panel.