Brush Transformers is a company based in

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second larg ...

, Leicestershire. They are a manufacturer of power

transformer A transformer is a passive component that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another circuit, or multiple circuits. A varying current in any coil of the transformer produces a varying magnetic flux in the transformer' ...

s with a history stretching back over 120 years.

History

Charles Francis Brush Charles Francis Brush (March 17, 1849 – June 15, 1929) was an American engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Biography Brush was born in Euclid Township, Ohio to Isaac Elbert Brush and Delia Williams Phillips. Isaac Brush ...

gained respect for his pioneering work in electrical generation, lighting and motors as well as transformers. In 1888, the London based Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation acquired the Falcon Engine and Car Works, with their established skills of electrical engineering and

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, moved 100 miles north into the newly acquired Falcon Works at Loughborough, where, as of 2018, Brush Transformers Ltd still operates. By 1957 the Brush Group was acquired by

Hawker Siddeley Hawker Siddeley was a group of British manufacturing companies engaged in aircraft production. Hawker Siddeley combined the legacies of several British aircraft manufacturers, emerging through a series of mergers and acquisitions as one of onl ...

and new investments were made. Eventually, the various divisions of Brush Electrical Engineering Company Limited became independent of one another based on their distinctive and individual product ranges, and Brush Transformers Limited came to fruition in 1971. The Hawker Siddeley Group was acquired by

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in November 1991, and in November 1996 its Electric Power Group was sold to FKI, who formed a dedicated Transformers Division. On 1 July 2008,

Melrose plc Melrose Industries plc is a British manufacturing company based in London. It specialises in buying, investing in, and divesting engineering companies. Its shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange as a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Mel ...

completed the acquisition with FKI, Melrose being a specialist investor in the manufacturing industry, is now registered on the

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