Title
H. Tinsley & Co.
Tinsley Instruments (Canada) Ltd.
Type
Company
Coverage
St Jérôme, QC
Smiths Falls, ON
Location
St Jérôme, Quebec, QC (1952, 1956)
Churchill Crescent, Smiths Falls, ON (1958)
Product Areas
Electrical
Metrology
Activities
Manufacturing
Supplying
Timeline
- 1952, May – UK company Tinsley Instruments opens a manufacturing branch in St Jérôme, Quebec. (“Bénédiction d’une importante usine à Saint-Jérôme.”)
- 1957, Nov. – Tinsley Instruments plant closes in St Jerôme and plans to move to Smiths Falls, ON (“Smiths Falls Gets New Firm”)
- 1958 – Tinsley Instruments active at Churchill Crescent, Smiths Falls, ON, selling scientific instruments (New Manufacturing Establishments in Canada)
- 1960, Sept.-1961, July – Name of Smiths Falls company changes to Guildline Instruments, suggesting foundation of new company during this window. (“Electrical Instrument Personnel”)
- 1957, Nov. – Tinsley Instruments plant closes in St Jerôme and plans to move to Smiths Falls, ON (“Smiths Falls Gets New Firm”)
- 1958 – Tinsley Instruments active at Churchill Crescent, Smiths Falls, ON, selling scientific instruments (New Manufacturing Establishments in Canada)
- 1960, Sept.-1961, July – Name of Smiths Falls company changes to Guildline Instruments, suggesting foundation of new company during this window. (“Electrical Instrument Personnel”)
Sources
“Bénédiction d’une importante usine à Saint-Jérôme.” L'Avenir du Nord (May 9, 1952): 1
Dominion Bureau of Statistics – General Assignments Division. New Manufacturing Establishments in Canada, December 1958 (Gordon Churchill, Minister of Trade and Commerce, December 1958): 81
“Electrical Instrument Personnel” The Globe & Mail (July 13, 1961): 36.
“Guildline Instruments Celebrates 40 Years” Cal Lab (November-December 1997) (https://www.callabmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1997Nov_Dec_Guildline-Celebrates.pdf)
“Smiths Falls Gets New Firm” Ottawa Citizen (September 5, 1957): 22
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