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S. Wolf and Co

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November 1903.
April 1908.
November 1909.
November 1909.
December 1910. Solex Carburetter.
January 1911. Electric drills.
1911.
December 1912
December 1912. UH magnetos.
January 1913.
1913.
November 1913
March 1914.
April 1914.
March 1919. Solex.
November 1919
January 1920.
January 1920.
1921.
1922.
1922.
February 1922. Solex.
June 1923. Solex.
March 1924
November 1926.
6th December 1935.
October 1936.
February 1937.
October 1937.
October 1937.
1937.
March 1939.
May 1943
September 1945.
1948.
Mid 1950's. Model NO. is 1507-7-812. Type A.
Mid 1950's. Model NO. is 1507-7-812. Type A.

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1955.

of 138 Southwark Street

of 115, Southwark Street

of Pioneer Works, Hanger Lane, Ealing, London, W5. (1937)

1900 Company founded by S. Wolfe and C. Kerr to import and sell machine tools and portable electric tools, etc[1]

1904 Electric hand drill described and illustrated here [2]

1907 of 138, Southwark Street, S.E., exhibited an assortment of low-tension plugs, manufactured by this company, suitable for all makes of vehicles.[3]

1910 S. Wolf and Co were English agents for the new Solex Duplex-Jet Carburetter[4] and the Solex circular radiator[5]

1912 U. H. magnetos.

1913 Solex carburettors.

1913 Company registered as S. Wolf and Co Ltd.

1914 The latest variant of the Solex duplex-jet carburetter was manufactured by S. Wolf and Co., Ltd.[6]

1924 Making Solex carburettors at Southwark Street (see advert)

By 1926 the Southwark Street premises had been taken over by the Solex (Licencees) Ltd. Presumably Wolf moved to Ealing around this time.

1932 Began to develop and trade its own electric portable tools

1937 British Industry Fair Adverts for "Wolf" Portable Electric Tools. Hand and Portable Electric Drilling Machines, Grinders, Screwdrivers, Filing Machines, Blowers. Valve Seat Grinding and Valve Grinding Machines for motor car valves. Car polishing machines.(Electricity: Industrial and Domestic Section - Stand No. Cb.310) [7]

1937 Electric tool manufacturers. "Boley" Precision Machine Tools. "Wolf" Electric Tools. [8]

1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers

1949 Name changed to Wolf Electric Tools.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Apr. 2, 1951
  2. [1] Page's Weekly, 21 Oct 1904
  3. Commercial Motor 26 Sept 1907
  4. Commerial Motor 28th July 1910
  5. Commercial Motors 1 Dec 1910
  6. Commercial Motors 9 April 1914
  7. 1937 British Industries Fair Adverts pp590 and 591; and p436
  8. 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries