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British Industrial History
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Kramos
From Graces Guide
of Locksbrook Engineering Works, Bath
1905 Electric hoists, portable electric drills and flexible shafts
1908 John Baptist Kramer founded Kramos at the end of 1908 in Bath, Somerset. He was a pioneer of small electric drilling and grinding machines, electric lifting magnets and monorail hoists [1].
1909 Kramer went to Birmingham to join his business with GEC at Witton. Here a much larger scale of manufacturing business was established, under the name Witton Kramer Electric Tool and Hoist Works. The range of products was expanded to include separator magnets, brakes, clutches and solenoids.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Witton Kramer company history http://www.wittonkramer.com/about.htm