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Memory Lane!

whjohnson
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?
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    My first TPN MCB board installation as an electrical contractor was Federal Electric with those awful Stablok breakers. Those bare busbars nearly had me once or twice over the years that I used them. JSB for emergency lighting and Tann Synchronome for fire alarms. Both solid kit and some still in service. 

    When I moved to another wholesaler I used Crabtree for motor control and their Polestar and Powerstar boards. Again, solid kit. The more recent Crabtree boards are pale in comparison.
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    My first TPN MCB board installation as an electrical contractor was Federal Electric with those awful Stablok breakers. Those bare busbars nearly had me once or twice over the years that I used them. JSB for emergency lighting and Tann Synchronome for fire alarms. Both solid kit and some still in service. 

    When I moved to another wholesaler I used Crabtree for motor control and their Polestar and Powerstar boards. Again, solid kit. The more recent Crabtree boards are pale in comparison.
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