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Wolf Electric Tools

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Electric drill. Model OK2C.
Electric drill. Model OK2C. (Detail).
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of Pioneer Works, Hanger Lane, London.

1900 Company founded.

1913 Private company formed as S. Wolf and Co. Ltd.

1949 Name changed.

1951 Public company incorporated. Harry Richards was chairman and joint managing director. Geoffrey Max Wolfe was the other MD. G. Richards of Solex Works was the largest shareholder bought out in the process[1]

1961 Manufacturers of portable electric tools for industrial and home use, transport service equipment and electric soldering irons. 1,200 employees. [2]

1980 Acquired by Dobson Park Industries.[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times Apr. 2, 1951
  2. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  3. ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 24 June 1980
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