Wild-Barfield Electric Furnaces
of Elecfurn Works, North Road, Holloway, London, N7. Telephone: North 3082 (3 lines). Telegraphic Address: "Elecfurn, Holoway, London"
of Watford
1917 Private company formed by Eric P. Barfield and Lancelot William Wild - see Automatic and Electric Furnaces
1928 Name changed.
1928 Patent - Improvements relating to electric furnaces. [1]
1929 Patent - Improvements in electric furnaces. [2]
1937 Electric furnace manufacturers.[3]
1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Electric Furnaces and Equipment for all heat-treatment purposes, including hardening, tempering, bright annealing, nitriding, brazing; also for Pottery Work. Melting, Enamelling, Carburising Compounds and Hardening Shop Materials. Testing Machines. (Stand Nos. Cb.403 and Cb.302) [4]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1952 Advert explained that G. W. B. Electric Furnaces was associated with Gibbons Brothers and Wild-Barfield Electric Furnaces Ltd
1961 Manufacturers of electric furnaces and other equipment for heat treatment. 350 employees. [5]
1972 Order for razor blade hardening furnace received from India[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1] Wikipatents
- ↑ [2] Wikipatents
- ↑ * 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair p424
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times Oct 17, 1972