Cole, E K, Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Cole, Eric K
- EKCO
- Dynatron
- Pye Ltd
- Electronic Industries Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Cowbridge, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, South West, England
- Westcliff on Sea, Southend on Sea, Essex, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electrical & non electrical appliances inc sewing machines, etc, production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Radar equipment production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Television & radio transmitting & receiving equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to early 1920s when Eric K Cole, 1901-66, set up as an electrical engineer at Westcliff, Essex. Soon made radio receivers under EKCO brand. Incorporated 1926 as E K Cole Ltd. Expanded at a phenomenal rate and converted to a public company 1930. 1930s diversified into televisions and lighting and heating equipment. Between 1939-45 made, inter alia, radar equipment, especially at Cowbridge, Wiltshire. Expanded overseas after 1945 and acquired Dynatron in 1955. 1960 acquired by Pye Ltd to form Electronic Industries Ltd
Publications:
- EKCO. The past and the future by Unknown
- EKCO's of Cowbridge. House and War Factory by Browning, Bob
- Memoirs of a Socialist Businessman by Lipman, Michael I
- War Factory by Fremlin, Celia
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Cole, Eric K
- EKCO
- Dynatron
- Pye Ltd
- Electronic Industries Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Cowbridge, Wiltshire, Wiltshire, South West, England
- Westcliff on Sea, Southend on Sea, Essex, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electrical & non electrical appliances inc sewing machines, etc, production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Radar equipment production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Television & radio transmitting & receiving equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to early 1920s when Eric K Cole, 1901-66, set up as an electrical engineer at Westcliff, Essex. Soon made radio receivers under EKCO brand. Incorporated 1926 as E K Cole Ltd. Expanded at a phenomenal rate and converted to a public company 1930. 1930s diversified into televisions and lighting and heating equipment. Between 1939-45 made, inter alia, radar equipment, especially at Cowbridge, Wiltshire. Expanded overseas after 1945 and acquired Dynatron in 1955. 1960 acquired by Pye Ltd to form Electronic Industries LtdPublications:
- EKCO. The past and the future by Unknown
- EKCO's of Cowbridge. House and War Factory by Browning, Bob
- Memoirs of a Socialist Businessman by Lipman, Michael I
- War Factory by Fremlin, Celia