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  Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Co of 17 Grafton Street, London, W1. Works: Swindon, Wiltshire. (1922) Of Newcastle Street, Swindon, Wiltshire. Telephone: Swindon 190. Cables: "Garrard, Swindon". (1929) 1721 Garrard and Company appointed Crown Jewellers of London. One of their duties being the care and maintenance of the British Crown Jewels and the Royal Crown. They had an international reputation for craftsmanship in the design and manufacture of jewellery, gold and silverware. 1914 Garrard and Co were asked to manufacture precision range finders for the British Artillery because they had both the craftsmen and special machinery needed. 1915 They formed...

1892 After the Edison and Swan Lamp patents expired, GEC established a lamp factory - see Robertson Electric Lamps. 1905 Hugo Hirst learnt of the development of Tungsten filaments for lamps in Austria-Hungary, went to investigate and acquired rights . 1906/7 Hirst established a factory in U.K. to manufacture lamps, Osram Lamp Works, having offered one-third shares to the Austrian and German patent holders . 1908 Announcement of a reduction in price of Osram electric lamps; manufactured by Wolfram (Tungsten) Lamps Ltd; GEC had sole selling rights in U.K. and Colonies , importing Osram filaments from Germany. 1908 Displayed a...

  GE has always been a multi-business company. Over the past 125 years, GE has swiftly evolved to seize new opportunities created by changes in technology and the economy. Today GE is building new platforms in industries and markets with above-GDP growth that provide opportunities to apply GE technology and management expertise to accelerate that growth. Key Dates: 1878: Thomas Edison establishes the Edison Electric Light Company. 1889: Edison has, by this date, consolidated all of his companies under the name of the Edison General Electric Company. 1892: Edison's company merges with the Thomson-Houston Electric Company to form General Electric Company (GE); company's stock begins trading...

    Girling of Tyseley Birmingham was a British automotive systems manufacturing company. 1925 The company started as a car brake manufacturer after Albert H. Girling. He patented a wedge actuated braking system. 1929 He sold the patent rights to the New Hudson company. 1938 Girling brake manufacture was taken over by Lucas in 1938 but the patent remained held by New Hudson until this in turn was purchased by them in 1943. Lucas then moved their Bendix brake and Luvax shock absorber interests into a new division which became Girling Ltd. 1943 Private company. 1949 Advert for brakes for cars. 1961...

    Goodmans Industries, maker of loudspeakers and electronic equipment, of Wembley, Middlesex and Havant 1925 Company founded. 1933 Private company formed. 1936 Name changed. 1961 Electrical engineers and manufacturers of radio components, public address equipment, loud speakers and electro magnetic instruments. 650 employees. 1968 Maker of loudspeakers, tuners, and amplifiers at Wembley and Havant. 78% of Goodmans' ordinary shares were owned by Radio Rentals and 22% by The Plessey Co Ltd.