Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,237 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Motor and Electronics Corporation

From Graces Guide

1954 11th AGM held at British Vacuum Flask Co's works at Liverpool. Another subsidiary was at Keighley. Name changed from Rothermel Corporation[1]

1955 New headquarters at Alfred Place, London WC1; would wind up Rothermel Ltd and Hassid, Austin and Co Ltd; formed MEC Transmissions Ltd to exploit Italian development of a constant velocity joint; the American connections were rewarding the company as it supplied components to most electronics companies in the country[2]

1957 Simms Motor Units took over Motor and Electronics Corporation[3]. Name changed to Simms Motor and Electronics Corporation[4]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Jul 26, 1954
  2. The Times, Jul 18, 1955
  3. The Times Sep 19, 1957
  4. The Times, Dec 07, 1957