Chloride Batteries
of Swinton, Manchester
1937 Summit Battery Co Ltd was formed by Chloride Electrical Storage Co as a subsidiary to manufacture radio batteries.
1949 Name changed to Chloride Batteries Ltd. Took over the manufacture and sale of electric storage batteries from the parent company.
1954 Chloride Batteries, Ltd. Electrical accumulators and batteries; manufacturers and distributors of “ Exide ” batteries. Head Office: Exide Works, Clifton Junction, Swinton, Manchester. T.: Swinton 2011. T.A.: Chlorexide Manchester. London Sales Office: Abbey Road, Park Royal, N.W.10. T.: Elgar 7991. T.A.. Exidedepo, Norphone, London.[1]
1961 Manufacturers and distributors of all types of electric storage batteries. 3,000 employees. [2]
1963 Motor Show exhibitor. Batteries. [3]
1974 Mr John David was appointed Managing Director of Chloride Industrial Batteries (CIBL).[4]
1980s Chloride Motive Power Co?
1991 Chloride Group sold its industrial battery division to Hawker Siddeley[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ 1963 Motor Show
- ↑ The Engineer 1974/05/30
- ↑ The Times March 16, 1991