Warburton Franki Limited began at 313 Kent-street, Sydney in 3/11/1910.
The Managing Directors were G. S. Warburton and Robert James Napier Franki
(R. J. N. Franki).
Warburton Franki was considered an industry leader in the supply and manufacture of electrical devices.
These ranged from Current Transformers, Variac Transformers, Controllers, Meters, Timers & Time Switches.
In 1933 Warburton Franki secured the right to produce Frigidaire electric refrigerators in Australia.
Warburton Franki commenced manufacturing Kilowatt Hour Meters in 1937 which were used throughout Australia.
From its humble beginnings in 1901 when G. S. Warburton acquired Shepherd & Warburton and registered G S Warburton & Company. The partnership of G.S. Warburton and R.J.N. Franki (Warburton Franki Company) then registered Warburton Franki Limited on 3-11-1910.
During the period from 1910 to 1982 Warburton Franki Limited diversified and acquired a number of businesses to complement its commercial enterprise of manufacturing, importing, wholesale and retail.
On the 11-6-1970 Warburton Franki Limited was renamed and registered as Warburton O'Donnell Limited. On the 13-10-1982 Warburton O'Donnell Limited was taken over by Comeng Holding Limited, on 9-32-1983 by Australian National Industries Limited and the on 17-3-1999 by Smorgon Steel Group Limited.
Post World War Two Warburton Franki diversified into many areas of manufacture, importing, distrubution, sales and service of electric and electronic products;
for examle,
Electric motors and Transmission Products, Electrical and Process Controls, Electronic Instruments and Data Products, Electronic Components, Capacitors, Diodes, Switches, Transistors and Devices, Transformers, Radios and Appliances
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Alpine Electronics Aurovox B.W.D Electronics Beaver Beckman Instruments Breezaire Brook Brush Channel Master Computer Devices Copal Crompton Parkinson Dandee Data IO Delco-Light E.T.R.I Electropower Elremco Endress & Hauser Fairchild Fanal Ferris Frigidaire Gemini Goodmans Heath Heathkit Hecla Hengstler His Master's Voice Horiba Intel International Rectifier Kelvinator Kriesler Radio Company Leak Audio Products Leonard Linmark Makita |
Martindale Metrox Micro Electronics Mohawk Muller & Weigert Naco Narda Omron Pentagon Room Heaters Pentagon Clocks & Clock Radios Philco Philips Phonix Polar Prime Computer Printers Radiola Rectifiers Rikadenki Rion Rotashear S.G.S. S.K.F. Bearings Sangamo Sanwa Shugart Smiths Solartron Stromberg-Carlson Sun Microsystems Tally T.E.C. Tesch Thorens Trumpf Vero Video Display Terminal (VDT) WF Pentagon Wharfdale Zenith |
or imported, distributed, sold and serviced from 1903 to 1980.
For enquires:
Warburton Franki Pty. Ltd. (1975)
Located at:
199 Parramatta Rd, Auburn, NSW
Phone: 648-1711, 648-1381
Telex: Warfran AA22265
220 Park St, Melbourne, VIC
13 Chester St, Fortitude Valley, QLD
322 Grange Rd, Kidman Park, SA
98 Belgravia St, Belmont, WA
New Kilowatt Hour Meter factory (1960)
374 Eastern Valley Way CHATSWOOD
Warburton Franki Group
of Companies included:-
Aeron
Eldridge Electrical
Ellis Clark
Modern Electric Co.
C. Roy Nilsson
O'Donnell Griffin
H. B. Selby
H. B. Silerberg & Co
Thomson & McKenzie (mfg)
Unilex (Contracting)
Warburton O'Donnell