Lodge-Cottrell Limited

occupation:
Manufacturer of electrical equipment
Nationality:
British
born in:
Birmingham, Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

1913 - Lodge Fume Deposit Company Limited founded in Great Charles Street, Birmingham, England by Sir Oliver Lodge (pioneer of the electrostatic precipitation technique for removing dust)

1919 - company incorporated as Lodge Fume Company Limited

1922 - name changed to Lodge-Cottrell Ltd (after Frederick Gardner Cottrell)

1929 - company moved to George Street, Birmingham

1990s - Lodge-Cottrell acquired gas cleaning activities of the Peabody Sturtevant and Peabody Holmes companies; merged to form Lodge Sturtevant Limited.

1994 - Lodge Sturtevant Limited acquired by FLS miljø a/s of Copenhagen, Denmark, part of the FLS Industries Group.

1998 - EAF, acquired in 1992 by FLS miljø, merged with Lodge Sturtevant;

2003 - Lodge Sturtevant became subsidiary of F.L.Smidth Airtech.

2005 - Lodge Sturtevant acquired by Korea Cottrell Co., Ltd.

2007 - name changed to KC Cottrell Co., Ltd with its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea; Lodge Sturtevant changed back to 1922 name of Lodge Cottrell;

2011 - relocated to new offices at Trinity Point East, Halesowen, near Birmingham.

2012 - supplier of environmental air pollution control equipment for the power generation industry;

also located in Houston, Texas, United States