Smart and Brown (Engineers)
of Bingley
of Manchester Square, London
of Trading Estate, Spennymoor, Co. Durham. (1962)
Successor to Smart and Brown
1943 Patent with Percival James Packman of Twyford on "Improvements in or relating to toggle presses "
1947 Offered S. and B. machines tools, and Hi-Craft electrical switches; Duralite Ltd of the same London address offered Duralite fluorescent lamps (see advert).
Presumably established Smart and Brown (Machine Tools) as a subsidiary
1961 Lighting manufacturing engineers, producing Hi-Craft fluorescent lighting and control gear. 3,700 employees. [1]
1962 of Spennymoor[2]
Presumably established Smart and Brown Lighting Ltd as a subsidiary
1973 Alexander James Ellis, MD, was awarded OBE[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The London Gazette 11 September 1962
- ↑ The London Gazette 22 May 1973