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Emmco / Email

Emmco (Electricity Meter Manufacturing Co. Ltd) was established in 1913 by J. Schartl and E. Shulz in Sydney, Australia. Initially, the enterprise manufactured electrical products, including electricity meters and radios. Over time, their focus expanded to include various other items. Timeline:- 1914 - Schartl and Shulz both electricians began a small concern at 41 Dixon Street Sydney. 1915 - Established a factory at Wentworth Avenue in Surry Hills, Sydney, to manufacture electrical products. 1921 - Moved to 29-31 Burton Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney. 1924 - Opened a factory in Australia Street Camperdown specifically for manufacturing electricity meters. 1928 - Set up a new large new factory on Joynton Avenue, Waterloo, NSW, where they produced complete radios, electricity meters and other products on mass production lines. 1934 - EMMCO merged with New Systems Telephone Pty. Ltd., and the name was changed to Electricity Meter and Allied Industries Ltd (EMAIL an acronym adopted in 1951). The company continued to grow, producing electric, gas, and water meters, as well as radios and appliances. At one time there would have been few houses in Australia which did not have an Email meter. Email's original and longest running business is the manufacturing of electric, gas and water meters. 1946 - After World War II, Email obtained the former Orange Small Arms Factory at Orange, New South Wales, which was refitted to manufacture electricity meters, pumps, radio parts and refrigerators, using latest state of the art technologies and production concepts. EMAIL became a significant player in Australian manufacturing, with its products found in many households across the country. 1955 - Radio production ceased, but Email continued manufacturing white goods and began water meter manufacturing.

1972 - Manu Electronics (ManuFlo) begins purchasing the Emmco Mk-II 20mm water meter. The meters are modified and integrated with world first 1 millilitre per 1 pulse electrical optical sensor technology for measurement of water and liquid admixtures. MEG20 flowmeters are connected to the UME9 pre-select batch controllers. They make their way into pre-mix concrete batch plants to many parts of Australia. 1974 - Exports commence of the Emmco - Manu Electronics MEG20 flowmeters to Singapore. The Email/Emmco metering division was now manufacturing the Mk-II rotary piston positive displacement water meters in sizes 20, 25, 32 and 40mm, also turbine water meters in sizes 50, 80 and 100. Meters were sold throughout Australia. 1980 - Operations were expanded to include US, New Zealand and Malaysian manufacturing facilities. In the 1980's the company acquired control of several large Australian manufacturing companies including Kelvinator Ltd (1980), McIlwraith-Davey Ind.Ltd (1984), Simpson Holdings Ltd (1986), Brownbuilt Ltd (1988) and steel process distribution business of Bunge International (1989). 1990 - EMAIL was stripped of assets, carved up and divisions sold off and the water meter manufacturing business was closed. 2001 - A tug-o-war commenced between BHP and Smorgon Steel over control for Email. The electricity and gas metering business was later it was sold off to an overseas company in 2003. Very few company records and specification datasheets remain of the Emmco Water Meter Div. range of products. The H.W.M.Museum has some very rare Emmco meters in its collection. (research by ATM)

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