Reflecting on the 43 years I have been working in the industry and all of those once familiar famous brand names, I began to wonder what happened to them - apart from globalization, but where did they end up? Who bought out who? And who just gave up and shut down completely?
Here's a few names to start the ball rolling -
Allen West, makers of contacters, motor starters and switchgear.
Ellison - motor starter, switch gear etc.
MTE LTD, contacters, isolators, switchgear etc
What happened to these companies? Where are they now?
We all know that the likes of Electrium and Schnieder pretty own everything these days - Square D, Telemechanique, Merlin Gerin et al
But whatever happened to those old faithfuls whose kit I installed and worked years ago?
