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Sunvic Controls

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April 1946. Simmerstat.
December 1946.
1955. Thermostat for controlling temperatures accurately.[1]

of Stanhope House, Kean Street, Aldwych, London, WC2. Telephone: Temple Bar 7064 (5 lines). Cables: "Sunvic, Estrand, London"

1933 Company formed, within the AEI group; responsible for sales of a vacuum switch developed by Metropolitan-Vickers.

1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Relays: Electronic Hotwire and Bimetal. "No-loss" Energy Regulators. Time Delays, Thermostats: Adjustable Glass-sealed Oven and Water-heater. Ambient Temperature Recorders. Resistance Thermometer and Toluene Regulator Controllers. Simmerstat Hot-plate Controls. Electronic Relay. (Olympia, Ground Floor, Stand No. A.1041) [2]

By 1952 was a fully-owned subsidiary of AEI

1957 Responsible for the complete instrumentation for the 3 Merlin nuclear research reactors under development and for instrumentation for the Berkeley Nuclear Power Station[3]

Notes

  • Now located near Glasgow, in Scotland, the company has its own website: [1]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Oxford Junior Encyclopaedia. Volume VIII. Engineering. Oxford University Press, 1955.
  2. 1947 British Industries Fair p268
  3. The Times, Apr 04, 1957