Lu-mi-num Manufacturing Co
1896 Company formed. 'There seems no end to the ingenuity of cycle inventors. It now appears we have been making the frames of machines from the wrong material. An enterprising company is now at work already supplying cycles mode of aluminium, judiciously alloyed, which are remarkably light, strong, and elastic. By the adoption of the Company's method of manufacture, the cycle is far more rigid than any steel machine. Under the name of Lu-mi-num the new alloy, and the cycles made from it, are brought before the public. Despite its elasticity and strength it is only one-third the weight of steel, and has highly polished incorrodible surface. The Lu-mi-num frame is made in one piece—there are no joints - and consequently brazed parts, and therefore this point of greatest danger in bicycle is entirely obviated. This alone is a remarkable advance in cycle construction. The Lu-mi-num Manufacturing Co of 75. Victoria-street, London...' [1]
1898 The Lu-mi-num Manufacturing Co. was put into liquidation. It had previously placed a large order with Accles for cycle frames; the Accles' receiver had written to shareholders in Lu-mi-num Manufacturing Co that he had taken possession of the business but this did not include Fleet Cycle Co Ltd [2]. The Fleet Cycle Co was later wound up [3].[4].