Parkinson Cowan
Encyclopedia
Parkinson Cowan is now a brand of cooking appliance, owned by the Electrolux
Group.
The name Parkinson Cowan still exists in the UK as a brand of gas stoves, one of the company's early products.
Electrolux
The Electrolux Group is a Swedish appliance maker.As of 2010 the 2nd largest home appliance manufacturer in the world after Whirlpool, its products sell under a variety of brand names including its own and are primarily major appliances and vacuum cleaners...
Group.
History
- 1902: The company became Parkinson and W. and B. Cowan.
- 1919: The company opens a new factory at Stretford, Manchester to manufacture gas meters.
- 1937: Parkinson and Cowan (Gas Meters) Ltd was a Listed Exhibitor at the British Industries Fair. They advertised 'Gas Apparatus for Measuring and Recording, including Tin and Iron Meters, Optional Coin Meters, Rotary Meters, Station and Retort House Governors, Test Meters, Gauges, Meter Parts and Accessories'.
- 1939: The company, like many other engineering concerns of the period, turned their attention to being an Aircraft Industry Supplier.
- 1971: The company is taken over by ThornTHORN Electrical IndustriesThorn Electrical Industries, Limited was an electrical engineering business. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange but it merged with EMI Group to form Thorn EMI in 1979...
becoming part of Thorn Gas Appliances; many of the gas meters manufactured during this period are still in use today. - 1989: Gas Metering operations, now under the banner of Thorn EMIThorn EMIThorn EMI was a major British company involved in consumer electronics, music, defence and retail. Created in October 1979 when Thorn Electrical Industries merged with EMI, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but it demerged again in...
Gas Metering (formerly Thorn EMI Flow Measurement), are sold to SchlumbergerSchlumbergerSchlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...
(later Actaris, now ItronItronItron Inc. is a provider of intelligent metering, data collection and utility software. It has nearly 8,000 utilities worldwide relying on their technology to optimize the delivery and use of energy and water...
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The name Parkinson Cowan still exists in the UK as a brand of gas stoves, one of the company's early products.