1946, August | Henry Morton Stanley and Albert W Harrington found Stanton Instruments Ltd. First premises at 15 Morden Court Parade, London. Early balances from this period have "STANTON MORDEN" engraved on the beam. |
1946 onwards | Early success of SI depended heavily on A W Harrington's contacts with the science and research establishments, originating from his work during the war. Technically and in the day-to-day running of SI he was the leading man, whereas H M Stanley concentrated on issues of finance and long-term decision making. |
1948, early | New premises at Church Road, Upper Norwood, London. |
from 1949 | 119 Oxford Street, London W1 as showroom and registered office. |
early 1950's | Operation of cabinet shop at Streatham Place, Streatham Hill, SW2. |
from 1951 | Development of recording thermobalances, later leading to Stanton-Redcroft. |
1953 | Introduction of the first British thermobalance. |
1955 | Thermobalance production moved to 1 Colby Mews, Gipsy Hill, SE19. |
June 1959 | Main works moved to Copper Mill Lane, Wimbledon, SW17. |
circa 1962 | Introduction of the mass flow thermobalance. |
1963 | Purchase of John Jamieson, Glasgow. Later to become Stanton Northern. |
1965 | Stanton-Redcroft founded to make thermobalances and related instruments. |
1965 | Streatham Place lost due to compulsory purchase order, cabinet shop moved to Colby Mews, thermobalance production moved to Copper Mill Lane. |
1966 | Purchase of Howard Rawson & Co. Ltd. John Jamieson renamed Stanton Instruments (Northern) Ltd. |
1966 | Commercial DTA (differential thermo analysis) introduced (Stanton Redcroft). |
1967 | 119 Oxford Street vacated and let out. |
1968, November | Entire group of Stanton companies sold to Avery Ltd. H M Stanley resigns from board, A W Harrington remains as managing director. |
circa 1970 | Integration of production and products into L Oertling Ltd (a company of the Avery group). |
1971 | A W Harrington resigns from board. |
1980's | Stanton name gradually disappears from Oertling/Avery range. |
1983 | Stanton-Redcroft became part of Thermal Scientific plc. |