Glover & Main Ltd

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  • Electrical & electronic engineering Electrical & non electrical appliances inc sewing machines, etc, production

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Traced origins to 1879 when T Glover & Co, which traced origins to Thomas Glover in 1843, maker of gas meters, merged with R & A Main of Falkirk, manufacturers of gas stoves established in 1870s. Had plant at Falkirk and Gothic Works, Edmonton. Both companies retained individual identities. Emerged as major manufacturers of gas and, later, electrical appliances. 1965 acquired by Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd

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