A. I. Electric Welding Appliances Co
of 183 Westminster Bridge Road, London, maker of electric welding machines
A subsidiary of Rose Street Foundry and Engineering Co
1922 The A-I Electric Welding Appliances Company purchased from the proprietors, Mr James and Mr Dudley Forman, of Messrs. Thomas Forman and Sons, as from December 1st 1921, the A-I Manufacturing Co, Industry Works, Sunbridge-road, Bradford. The Bradford Works were closed down and the A-I Electric Welding Appliances Company - the proprietor of which was the Rose-street Foundry and Engineering Co - started manufacturing the A-I electric butt, spot and seam resistance welding machines, also electric heating machines at its Inverness Works.[1]
1929 Description of electric welding machines made by the A.I Electric Welding Appliances Co.[2]
1937 Electric resistance welding machine manufacturers. "A-I" Welders.[3]
1938 A.-I. Electric Welding Appliances Co supplied mobile electric welding plant to London Passenger Transport Board for welding rails underground[4]
1939 The Rose Street Foundry and Engineering Co, Ltd., Inverness , which specialises in electric welding , has become amalgamated with two of the most noted welding-companies in ...[5]. Another news item refers to this development as "The A. I. Electric Welding Appliances Co — a name well known in resistance welding activities for almost twenty years ..."[6]
Soon after became A. I. Electric Welding Machines.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1922/05/12
- ↑ Engineering 1929/04/12
- ↑ * 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times, Feb 04, 1938
- ↑ The Scotsman 16 May 1939
- ↑ Highland News 20 May 1939