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Birmingham Electric Furnaces

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1936.
1942. Furnace Type PR 40. Exhibit at Launceston Museum, Tasmania.
1942. Furnace Type PR 40. (Detail). Exhibit at Launceston Museum, Tasmania.

of Erdington, Birmingham 24

1927 Company founded by Alfred Glynne Lobley, it later became a subsidiary of the Mond Nickel Co.

1937 Electric heat-treatment and melting furnaces. "Birlec-Detroit" and "Birlet-Lectromelt" Melting Furnaces. "Brytreat" Annealing Furnaces. "Certain-Curtain" Hardening Furnaces. "Duplex" Nitriding Furnaces.

1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers

1940 Birlec electric and gas-fired furnaces.

1949 Company name changed to Birlec Ltd

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