Igranic Electric Co
of Igranic Works, Elstow Road, Bedford.
of 147 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4. Telephone: Central 7123. Cables: "Igranic, London"
1913 Private company established in order to make and further develop the patented control gear of the Cutler-Hammer Manufacturing Co in Britain.
Also took over the business of Adams Manufacturing Co[1]
1916 Patent - Improved Means for Controlling Electric Motors.
1920 September. Exhibited at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia with chargers for accumulators used in electric trucks. [2]
1924 Patent - Improvements in or relating to means for inductively coupling electric circuits.
1925 Opened a new office at British Dominions House, Tramways, Centre, Bristol.[3]
1929 Advert for Radio Components; Short Wave and Universal Portable Receivers. Manufacturers of Radio Receiving Sets: Neutrosonic, Universal, Neutor-regenerative; Outfits for building Receiving Sets: Igranikit, Supersonic-Heterodyne. Radio Components. Gramophone reproducing equipments for cinemas, Ballrooms or domestic use: The Phonovox. (Wireless Section - Stand No. MM.40) [4]
1937 Electrical engineers. "Igranic" Electrical Accessories. [5]
WWII Manufactured parts for the De Havilland Mosquito
1943 Acquired by Metal Industries.[6]
1946 Patent - Improvements in or relating to electrical contacts.
1956 The Bromborough operation, mainly making radio components, was closed.[7]
1960 Metal Industries integrated its long established subsidiaries Brookhirst Switchgear Ltd and Igranic Electric Co Ltd into Brookhirst Igranic Ltd[8].
1961 Electrical engineers and manufacturers of electric motor control gear, electro-magnetic brakes, clutches and lifting magnets. [9]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Obituary of Marcus Hunter
- ↑ The Engineer, 3 September 1920 p233
- ↑ The Engineer, 23 October 1925
- ↑ 1929 British Industries Fair Advert 236a and p85
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times, 14 August 1943
- ↑ The Times, Oct 10, 1956
- ↑ The Times, 16 August 1960
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE