Murex Welding Processes
of Waltham Cross, Herts.
of Ferry Lane Works, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London, E17.; 1915 Company founded.
1918 Private company Alloy Welding Processes was formed
1930 Alloy Welding Processes, Ltd. was amalgamated with Murex, Ltd.
1931 Name changed - Murex formed a subsidiary Murex Welding Processes Ltd
1937 Electric welders. [1]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1954 Murex Welding Processes, Ltd. Manufacturers of engine-driven ground power units, supplying electrical current for preflight checks, general servicing and aircraft starting. Manufacturers of electric arc welding equipment and electrodes. Directors: Sir Arthur J. G. Smout; G. P. Joseph; H. C. Green; C. R. Malcolm; H. J. Penn {Managing)} Lt.-Col. J. F. Todhunter. Head Office: Waltham Cross, Herts., T,: Waltham Cross 3636. T.A, and Cables: Murexweld Norphone London. Codes: Bentley’s. Associated Companies: Murex Ltd.; Protolite, Ltd.[2]
1960 Murex welding electrodes.
1961 Manufacturers and patentees of Murex arc welding electrodes and suppliers of complete welding plant and accessories. 800 employees. [3]
1967 Murex was acquired by British Oxygen Co[4]
1968 BOC closed its Quasi-Arc plant at Bilston and concentrated electrode production at Waltham Cross[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times , Jun 14, 1967
- ↑ The Times, Mar 28, 1968
- Mining Year Book 1960. Published by Walter E. Skinner. Advert p104