Wellco Electric
of Station Parade, Knebworth, Hertfordshire.
Manufacturers of electrical heating and lighting equipment and distributor to the trade; also involved in some property development
Previously Etches and Wells
1964 Public company incorporated - manufacturers and distributors of electrical elements and appliances[1]
1965 Offer to acquire from Hawkins Developments[2]
1975 Hawkins changed its name to Wellco Holdings and withdrew from building construction[3]
1982 Subsidiary Wellco Electric sold to Newey and Eyre[4]
1990 Wellco Electric and Hopson Bridgers were sold to Electrocomponents[5]
The name of Wellco Holdings was changed to Grosvenor Group
1983 Grosvenor Group acquired Floform of Welshpool from GKN[6]
1984 Grosvenor Group bid for Backer Electric Co, which made electrical elements for domestic appliances[7], and Weigh-Count International; existing subsidiaries included Floform and A. M. Lock and Co[8]
1986 Acquired by Hollis.