George H. Scholes and Co
of Wylex Works, Wythenshawe, Manchester.
Makers of Wylex
1897 Company founded by George Hamer Scholes.
1910 Private company incorporated.
1934 Built the Wylex Works at Wythenshawe.
1955 Company made public.
1961 Manufacturers of electrical fuse gear, switches, cooker control units, plugs and sockets. 601 employees.[1]
1981 Re-registered as a plc
1988 After turning down a bid from Delta Metals, acquired wiring and lighting group H. and L. Appleby[2] and Metron (Calne), a maker of enclosures. The company was restructured into 2 divisions - Wylex and Appleby[3]
1994 Acquired by Hanson plc, becoming part of the Crabtree Electrical Industries subsidiary
1995 Scholes Group plc was re-registered as a private company.
2000 Scholes Group Ltd became Dorman Smith Holdings Ltd
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ * 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times Feb. 23, 1988
- ↑ The Times Aug. 19, 1988