Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Ekco Instruments

From Graces Guide

Part of E. K. Cole

Ekco Instruments, of Southend

For many years was the maker of safe load indicators for all types of cranes, presumably established by E. K. Cole Ltd. Later also made nucleonic counters, military equipment.

1981 Part of Cambridge Electronic Industries when it was incorporated as a plc.

1985 Maker of electronic safety systems for cranes and fork-lift trucks; acquired by Morganite Electrical Carbon[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Oct. 31, 1985
  • Cambridge Electronic Industries incorporation filing