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active 1945-1965, manufacturer of hygiene and medical products, Crewe, England

Calmic Limited

Autotype Company

Autotype Company

Viyella International Ltd

Viyella International Ltd

1838-current , shipping company, United Kingdom; Canada

The Cunard Line

1838
1874-current (2010) travel logistics agency, night sleeper train company, Belgium

Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits

1874
1826-, printer, Derby

Bemrose and Sons Limited

1826
c1907 - present (2010), safety lamp manufacturer, Aberdare

E Thomas & Williams Limited

1860
Walter, William Grey

Walter, William Grey

1910 - 1977
active c1880-1988, wallpaper manufacturer, London, Reading & Southall (manufactory), England

John Line and Sons Limited

1880 - 1988
1790- about 1946, pencil manufacturer, Vienna

L&C Hardtmuth

1790 - 1946
Jarrott, Charles

Jarrott, Charles

1877 - 1944
first patient to receive insulin injections

Thompson, Leonard

1908 - 1935
1771-1831, mechanical engineer, tool maker & inventor; patentee English; British

Maudslay, Henry

1771 - 1831
Turner, Edward Raymond

Turner, Edward Raymond

1873 - 1903
1936-1999, plastics manufacturer (optics), London, Slough; England, British

Combined Optical Industries Limited

1936 - 1999
1850-1971, optics manufacturer, Bromley

Wray Optical Works Ltd.

1850 - 1971
1825-1898, colonial merchant, collector, British

Peek, Sir Henry William

1825 - 1898
c.1829-1905, active from 1857, photographer, French, active in Asia

Mallitte, Oscar Jean Baptiste

1829 - 1905
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654
1849-2002, joint stock company, British

Railway Passengers Assurance Company

1849 - 2002
active, c. 1930 - current (2009), manufacturer of water purification equipment, United Kingdom

The Permutit Company Limited

1912 - 1993
1962-1978, electronics manufacturer, United Kingdom

Rank Bush Murphy Group

1962 - 1978
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

Baird, John Logie

1888 - 1946
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822
1878-1983, publisher of card games and stationery, London, England

Castell Brothers Limited

1878 - 1983
1926-1960, manufacturer of electrical & electronic radio and tv equipment, Southend-on-Sea, England

E K Cole Limited

1926 - 1960
active 1800-1963, manufacturer of hearing aids, London, England

FC Rein and Son

1800 - 1963
1987-present, manufacturer, Gumligen

Ascom Autelca AG

1987
1915-1922, scientific instrument maker, London, England

Troughton and Simms Limited

1915 - 1922
1811-1896, phrenologist, American

Fowler, Lorenzo Niles

1811 - 1896
active 1832-1922, optician & mathematical instrument maker, Dublin, Ireland

Yeates and Son

1832 - 1922
Cochran and Company (Annan) Limited

Cochran and Company (Annan) Limited

1899 - 1969
1832-2002, manufacturer, Newton-le-Willows, England

The Vulcan Foundry

1832 - 2002
1978-2015, computer manufacturer, Cambridge

Acorn Computers Limited

1978 - 2015
Negretti and Zambra

Negretti and Zambra

active 1936-1975, electrical measuring instrument manufacturer, England

Sangamo Weston Limited

1973-current (2009), consumer electronics company, Cambridge, England

Sinclair Research Limited

Shiloh Spinners Limited

Shiloh Spinners Limited

Imperial Chemical Industries plc

Imperial Chemical Industries plc

British Thomson-Houston Co Ltd

British Thomson-Houston Co Ltd

1848-1930, meteorological & aviation instrument maker & camera maker, Paris, France, French

Richard, Jules

Nigerian Railway Corporation

Nigerian Railway Corporation

Dick Kerr & Co Works

Dick Kerr & Co Works

1925-1978, button and badge makers, medalists, Birmingham

H W Miller Limited

1887-1982, china manufacturer, Longton

Hammersley & Co

Laporte Industries Ltd.

Laporte Industries Ltd.

active 1908-1922, tool manufacturer, Birmingham

Wynn & Timmins

Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd

Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd

1927-current (2010), photographic and cinematographic manufacturer and distributer, Paris

Kodak-Pathé

1956-1979, manufacturer of photographic accessories, Hendon, London, England

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