Name: | Signal Electric Mfg. Co.; Menominee (MI) (USA) |
Abbreviation: | signalelec |
Products: | Model types |
Summary: |
Signal Electric Manufacturing Company, Menominee, Michigan (1919). Founded as Menominee Electric and Mechanical company, since ~1904 they also produced wireless radio equipment. |
Founded: | 1892 |
History: |
Menominee Plant History from the Menominee County Historical Society records.
Year 1892 Menominee Electrical and Mechanical Company is founded. Products: Crank telephone generators, telephones and switch boards. 1904 Original plant burns operations are temporarily moved to Marinette, Wisconsin. New plant opens at present site. Product line is expanded to include Telegraph Instruments and Wireless Radio devices. 1919 Menominee Electric Co. is reorganized and renamed the Signal Electric Manufacturing Co. Products: Bells, Wireless Radio Instruments, Medical Batteries, Telegraph Instruments, small electric motors, fans, portable electric hand tools. Note: Space in building is shared with another company until 1921. 1937/1938 North wing is built and expanded. South wing is built. It was then called the Central Wing. 1952 King-Seeley Thermos Co. purchases the Signal Electric Manufacturing Co. Products: Fans, heaters, small portable electric hand tools and small electric motors. 1954 Central Wing and Receiving are built. June 1st, 1964 King-Seeley Thermos announces it will close the Signal Electric Division in Menominee, Michigan. Oct. 30th, 1964 The Vernco Corporation of Tennessee agrees to purchase the Signal Electric Division from the King-Seeley Thermos Co. November 1964 The Vernco Corporation of Tennessee -Menominee Division begins operations. Products: Electric motors for humidifiers and fans, filters for air conditioning units and automotive parts. First utility vacs are made. First plastic injection moulding machine delivered at Menominee. During the period when Gil Audrette was Plant Manager the first Quality Manual was developed. Gil developed most of the manual and on January 5th, 1972 Tom Schenk was appointed Quality Control Manager. 1970 Current warehouse location constructed at 13th location. 1970s Additional product lines introduced. Hair clippers, Roto tools, Engravers, Solder guns, converters for shavers. |
This manufacturer was suggested by Wolfgang Scheida.
Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
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USA | 21 | Standard Galena No.41 | One knob for cat whisker, one knob to control spring presure. Original price $1.50. | |
USA | 17–21 | Navy Type Loose Coupler Type R-21 | Fixed coil with 3 rotary tap controls, slide coil with 12 selectable positions, 4 connecti... | |
USA | 24 | Headphones | 2000 Ohms. | |
USA | 39 | Signal Learner Telegraph Set | Aluminium sounding bar with black laquered steel sounder plate, model M110. Key lever n... | |
USA | 22 | Crystal Receiver Type 110 | The Signal Crystal Detector Type 110 covered the 150-600 meter wavelengths. The range coul... | |
USA | 22 | Signal Junior Detector V.T. Detector Set | UV200 | The Signal Junior Detector is a complete V. T. Detector Set. It was designed to be used wi... |
USA | 20 | Loose Coupled Receiving Transformer R32 [(Short Wave)] | Signal R32 Short Wave Receiving Transformer It is designed for use on amateur aerials of ... | |
USA | 22 | Short Wave Tuner R-37C | Signal Electric Short Wave Tuner; No specifications were alluded to in this advertisement,... | |
USA | 21 | Vacuum Tube Control Cabinet R-80 | VT-Class-I | The Signal Crystal Vacuum Tube Control Panel Type R-80 was a companion to the R-37 Short W... |
USA | 21 | Primary Series Condenser R-44 | The Signal Type R-44 Primary Series Condenser equipped with a dial with a wavelength scale... | |
USA | 20 | Arlington Receiving Transformer R-22 | The Signal Arlington Receiving Transformer covered the long wavelengths of the NAA Arlingt... | |
USA | 22 | Detector and One Stage Amplifier | UV200 | Signal Electric Mfg. Co. Combination Detector and One Stage Amplifier |
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