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Sangamo – proudly manufacturing in the UK for 100 years
Sangamowas acquired as a new business by Scolmore Groupin 2018 and added to the ESP product portfolio, but it’s origins actually date back 100 years. A specialist supplier of time switches and heating controls, Sangamohas built up an excellent reputation and an extensive product range over the years. Here, we look back at how the company has evolved and developed over the last century.
History in the making The company was founded in 1921 under the name British Sangamo as the UK subsidiary of the Sangamo Electric Co. of Springfield, Illinois, USA. From its site in Ponders End, Middlesex, the company initially manufactured kilowatt hour meters, later expanding its activities to include industrial time switches. By the end of 1929, British Sangamo had outgrown the building at Ponders End and moved into new premises on the Cambridge Arterial Road, just outside Enfield. In 1936 Sangamo acquired the British Weston Electrical Instrument Co. of
Surbiton, Surrey. This company was the United Kingdom subsidiary of the Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation, of Newark, New Jersey, USA, a company founded by Dr Weston, a pioneer in the field of electrical measurements, and recognised as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electrical measuring and associated equipment.
The two companies were combined to form Sangamo Weston, which
designed and manufactured a wide range of electrical measuring and control equipment. Sangamo Weston became associated with products for the aviation industry and as a result, devoted its entire resources during the Second World War to the production of measuring instruments, indicators and associated ancillary equipment for use on aircrafts. After the Second World War, resources were put back into the original
product lines, but they continued to design and manufacture aircraft measuring instruments, indicators, measuring systems and associated equipment for customers all over the world. In 1950 the Port Glasgow factory and offices were officially opened, and it is
from this site that the company continues to operate today. This location just outside Glasgow gives Scolmore the perfect manufacturing base and regional office to service customers all over Scotland and the north of England.
Sangamo external premises 2019
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