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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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    Jaymack:

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    > ....   and Callender for cables.

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    Don't know whether you have seen it, but there's a B.I.Callender junction box in this video (from about 4:20 to 6 mins).

    and a quote from the comments:

    That junction says B.I. Callendar’s. Later renamed BICC (British Insulated Callender's Cables). According to Wikipedia the company was formed by merger in 1945, and renamed to BICC in 1975, which makes that box at least 45 years old.







    (edit: tried to embed video to start at 4:20 but didn't seem to work)

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    Jaymack:

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    > ....   and Callender for cables.

    >

     




     

    Don't know whether you have seen it, but there's a B.I.Callender junction box in this video (from about 4:20 to 6 mins).

    and a quote from the comments:

    That junction says B.I. Callendar’s. Later renamed BICC (British Insulated Callender's Cables). According to Wikipedia the company was formed by merger in 1945, and renamed to BICC in 1975, which makes that box at least 45 years old.







    (edit: tried to embed video to start at 4:20 but didn't seem to work)

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