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1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991

active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1944 - 1954

1941-1977, electronics, solar power, radio and television manufacturer, Los Angeles

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977

active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969

1958-current (2007), ocean systems, agricultural engineering, Massachusetts, United States

The Sippican Corporation

1958

1944; railway employee, railway engineer, railway engineering manager, railway company director

Rollin, David

1944

1979-1998, consumer eelctronics, defence, music electricals company, Britain

Thorn EMI Electronics Ltd.

1979 - 1998

1957-1965, television and film production company, United Kingdom

AP Films

1957 - 1965

1962-current (2011), pharmaceutical product manufacturer, British

Dista Products Limited

1962

1931-1992, typeface & type setting machine maker, British

The Monotype Corporation Limited

1936 - 1999

1936-1999, plastics manufacturer (optics), London, Slough; England, British

Combined Optical Industries Limited

1936 - 1999

1945-1985, manufacturer of electronic equipment (acoustic devices), United Kingdom

Dawe Instruments Limited

1945

active 1960s-1990s, linear measure (tapes & rules) manufacturer; England

Rabone Chesterman Limited

1963

1982-1997, bioscience and medical diagnostic product manufacturer, Amersham, England, British

Amersham International plc

1982

b. 1945, artist and photographer, Jamaican; British

Francis, Armet

1945

Lancashire Coal Mining Museum

1975 - 2000

1966-1996, brand-name for British Rail's long-haul express passenger services

InterCity

1966 - 1996

1947-current (2011), biochemist, pathologist, Colombian

Patarroyo, Manuel Elkin

1946

active 1954-1971, pharmaceutical researcher and manufacturer, UK subsiduary of Swiss parent

CIBA Laboratories Limited

1954 - 1971

1948-1977, goldsmiths, assayers and photographic chemists, Hendon

Johnsons of Hendon Limited

1948 - 1972

1945-current (2010), manufacturer of consumer electronics, Nuremberg, Germany

Grundig

1945

1969- current (2012), manufacturer of meteorological instruments, Rustington, England

Shortland Bowen Instruments Limited

1969

1967-1992, glass maker, King's Lynn, England

Wedgwood Glass

1967 - 1992

1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena

1945 - 1964

1946-1968, manufacturer of balances, London, England

Stanton Instruments Limited

1946 - 1968

1940-1990s, manufacturer of pharmaceutical preparations, Epsom, Surrey, England

Willows Francis Limited

1940 - 1997

1958-1970, playing card manufacturer; printer; stationer, Leeds and London

Alf Cooke Limited

1958 - 1970

1945-1978, manufacturer of cathode ray tubes, optic and radiation sensors, England

Twentieth Century Electronics Limited

1945 - 1978

1965-, world superbike racer, British

Fogarty, Carl

1965

1938-c1980?, radio and television manufacturer, Berkshire, England

Decca Radio and Television Limited

1938

1956-current (2009), camera and binocular manufacturer, Hong Kong, China

W Haking Enterprises Limited

1956

1951-1961, lens, camera and film manufacturer, London

Ross-Ensign Ltd

1951 - 1961

fl. 1960s-70s, publisher, British, United Kingdom

Motif Editions

1960

Scottish Film & Television Archive

1976

1981-1990, manufacturer of robotic arm kits, Twickenham, England

Colne Robotics Company Limited

1981 - 1990

1956; railway employee, railway traffic manager, station master, railway manager, railway infrastructure company director, railway company chairman

Holden, SIr Michael

1956

1940-1959, manufacturer of card games, British

Waddy Production

1940 - 1959

1969-2000, railway company, United Kingdom

British Rail

1962 - 2000

1948-1969, railways management company, United Kingdom

British Railways

1948 - 1969

1948-1992, railway regional authority, British

British Railways, Southern Region

1948 - 1992

Brock, William Hodson

1936

b. 1947, photographer, British

Smith, Graham

1947

1939-1990, optical and image processing equipment manufacturer, Delft

Oldelft

1939

1957 -(current 2015), manufacturer of telecommunications equipent, Hove, England

A P Besson and Partner Limited

1957

1942-current (2014), scientist, English; British

Hawking, Stephen

1942 - 2018

1950-2000, manufacturer car parts, electronics, consumer goods, Indianapolis

Arvin Industries Incorporated

1950 - 2000

1955-1964, manufacturer of ceramics, Stoke-on-Trent, England

Ridgway Potteries Limited

1955 - 1964

active 1978-1984, aircraft electronics manufacturer, United Kingdom

Marconi Avionics Limited

1978 - 1984

1982-1988, pharmaceutical manufacturer, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, English

Ortho-Cilag Pharmaceutical Limited

1982 - 1988

1963-1984, printer, London, England

C J Petyt Limited

1963 - 1984