Stream-Line Filter Co Ltd (1925)
Stream-Line Filters Ltd, of 64 Victoria Street, Westminster, London S.W. 1
of Hele-Shaw Works, Ingate Place, London, SW8 (1937).
of Guildford (1961).
1923 Company established by C. S. Garland for purpose of acquiring from Professor Hele-Shaw the rights to his invention for fine filtration.
1926 Received an order from H. M. Admiralty for a Stream-Line separator to deal with 200 tons per hour under guarantee of less than one part of oil in 200,000 of water. It is to be fitted to a lighter to pump out oily bilge and ballast water from vessels using Devonport Harbour.[1]
1936 Public company incorporated to acquire and operate the company[2]. The Stream-Line filter was widely used in diesel engines, in power stations and in steel mills.
1937 Manufacturers of oil renovators and separators. "Stream-Line" Oil Renovators, Filters and Separators. [3]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1956 Private company. Acquired by Vokes[4]. The principal subsidiary, Metafiltration Co Ltd, was acquired by Paterson Engineering Co.
1961 Manufacturers of oil filters for internal combustion engines, oil recovery filters, aviation re-fuelling equipment and insulating oil filters. 100 employees. [5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1926/07/16
- ↑ The Times, Jun 04, 1936
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times, Sep 08, 1956
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE