Edison Storage Battery Co
of Orange, NJ, USA
1901 Thomas Edison set up the company in an old brass mill in Glen Ridge to manufacture his new storage battery (using nickel and iron electrodes) developed to power automobiles. Unfortunately the technology was inadequate, some of the batteries leaking and cells losing capacity. All of the cells were recalled and the plant was shut for 5 years.
1903 British subsidiary established - see Thomas A. Edison Ltd, although this may have not been its name
By 1909 a new type of cell, the Type A, was in production.
1931 Won an action against Britannia Batteries Ltd; Edison Accumulators Ltd and Mr John Ferreol Monnot protecting the name "Edison" rather than allowing it to be used as a general descriptor of batteries.[1]
1932 The company was integrated into the larger parent, Thomas A. Edison Inc.
1960s Manufacture of storage batteries for commercial and industrial use came to an end.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times Mar. 19, 1931
- "Thomas Edison in West Orange" by Edward Wirth (2008)