of 40-42 Newman Street, London, W1, was a company making carburetters.
1910 Company founded.
1914 Listed as 'Zenith Carburetter Co Ltd (The), makers of the British made Zenith Carburetter. Offices, showrooms and works 40 and 42 Newman St W.' [1]
1914 Public company.
1922 Managing Director: J. Caillat. Employees: 400.
1937 Carburetter and petrol filter manufacturers. "Stromberg" Carburetters. "Zenith" Carburetters. [2]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1955 They joined with their major pre-war rival Solex Carburetters and over time the Zenith brand name fell into disuse. The rights to the Zenith designs was owned by Solex UK (a daughter company of Solex in France).
1961 Manufacturers of carburetters for all kinds of internal combustion engines. 900 employees. [3]
1963 Motor Show exhibitor. Showed Zenith and Stromberg products. Listed as of Stanmore. [4]
1964 location was Dunstable
1964 Zenith Carburettor and Solex Ltd agreed to merge their carburettor manufacturing activities which would be concentrated at Zenith. The parent company would be Fiava Ltd. Zenith would become the controlling shareholder in Engineering Research and Application and Stanmore Engineering (die casters)[5]
1965 J. D. Richards was chairman[6]
1966 The company had a Carburetter Division and a Chemical Products Division
1966 Maker of Deep-Clene, a cleaning product whose registered proprietor was The Bendix Corporation (see advert).
1967 Sold the Chemical Products division to Brent Manufacturing Co
1969 John D. Richards was chairman[7]
1973 The UK holding company was Solex[8]
c.1981 Name change to Solex (UK)[9]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1915 Post Office London Directory
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ 1963 Motor Show
- ↑ The Times Dec. 2, 1964
- ↑ The Times Apr. 26, 1965
- ↑ The Times Oct. 27, 1969
- ↑ The Times Nov. 27, 1973
- ↑ The Times Oct. 31, 1981
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