A list of manufacturing companies founded in South Australia, many now forgotten but "household names" in their day. It does not include local affiliates of multinational companies, such as General Motors Holden, Kelvinator and Philips Electrical Industries. Nor does it (yet) include food and beverage companies such as Amscol, Chapmans, Coopers, Glen Ewin and Haighs or pharmaceuticals and toiletries such as Bickfords, Cromptons and Fauldings.
Business
Name | Founded | Ceased | Founder/s | Factory address | SA-manufactured products | Notes | | Actil | 1941 | Actil Ave., |Woodville|nolink=1}} | cotton fabric
bed sheets | for Australian Cotton Textile Industries Ltd. |
| Bagshaw Ltd. | John Stokes|Bagshaw}} | farm machinery, inc. Ridley's "stripper" |
| Castalloy | 1948 | 76 Mooringe Ave., |North Plympton|nolink=1}} | aluminium alloy castings[1]
pressure cookers
alloy wheels |
| Clipsal | Alfred|Gerard|A. E. Gerard}} | electrical conduit fittings
mains plugs and sockets
switchgear |
| Coldstream | 1926[2] | David |Garvie|David Garvie}} | 82–86 Mary St., |Unley|nolink=1}} | refrigerators |
| Dobbie Dico | 1862 | A. W. |Dobbie|A. W. Dobbie}} | Sultram Place, |Adelaide|nolink=1}} | brass castings
water meters |
| Griffin Press | contract printers | subsidiary of Advertiser Ltd. |
| Hills Industries | 1948 | Lance |Hill|Lance Hill (manufacturer)}} | South Rd., |Edwardstown|nolink=1}} | Hills hoists
TV antennae |
| Horwood Bagshaw Ltd. | Joel|Horwood| nolink=1}} | farm machinery |
| Humes | Walter |Hume|Walter Hume}} | concrete pipes |
| James Martin & Co | James|Martin|James Martin (South Australian politician)}} | farm machinery
railway engines |
| K.B.C. | c. 1947? | Kenneth |Bowes|Kenneth Bowes}} | 17 Woodlands Tce., |Edwardstown|nolink=1}} | die-cast parts for auto makers
hand operated clothes wringer
pistol drills (240VAC and 32VDC models)[3]
domestic food mixers | for Kenneth Bowes Co. |
| Lightburn & Co | Albert Henry |Lightburn}} | washing machines
hydraulic jacks
concrete mixers |
| May Brothers and Company | Alfred|May|nolink=1}}
(John) Frederick May | mining machinery
farm machinery |
| Metters | 1895? | Frederick|Metters}} | 7–25 Manchester St., |Mile End South|nolink=1}} | windpumps
wood stoves
gas stoves
bakers' ovens |
| Minelab | metal detectors |
| Perry Engineering | Samuel|Perry|Samuel Perry (ironmaster)}} | railway engines |
| Pope Products | 1935 | Barton|Pope|Barton Pope}} | 13–23 Pope St., |Beverley|nolink=1}} | garden sprinklers
washing machines
electric motors |
| Rossi Boots | 1910 | Arthur Edward|Rossiter}} | Dunn's Lane, |Unley|nolink=1}}
now Richmond Road, Richmond | boots and shoes | for Rossiters Ltd. |
| Sabco | 1892[4] | Betting St., |Albert Park|nolink=1}} | brooms and brushes | for South Australian Brush Co. |
| Scott Bonnar & Co | 1920[2] | Scott|Bonnar}}
Malcolm Cornelius Bonnar | Holland Street, |Thebarton|nolink=1}} | brass castings
electric lawnmowers
hand mowers |
| Simpson | 1853 | Alfred |Simpson}} | 41–49 Pirie St., |Adelaide|nolink=1}}
(later) Simpson Ave., Dudley Park | tinware
wood stoves
gas stoves
fireproof safes
washing machines |
| Sola Optical | spectacle lenses |
| Solver Paints | 1931 | W. P. |Crowhurst|W. P. Crowhurst}} | 95–97 Gouger St., |Adelaide|nolink=1}} | house paints |
| Sportco | 837 South Road, |St. Marys|nolink=1}} | .22 rifles[5] | for Sporting Arms Ltd. |
| Wakefield Press | books, esp. academic and SA history |
| Wallis Refrigeration | 1935[2] | Hughie McKenzie |Wallis}} | 136 South Rd., |Richmond|nolink=1}} | kerosine refrigerators
electric refrigerators |
1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131245247 |title=Well, what is it? |newspaper=The News |volume=61, |issue=9,457 |location=South Australia |date=1 December 1953 |accessdate=4 January 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47398414 |title=Big Variety in Electrical Appliances |newspaper=The Advertiser |volume=94, |issue=29,142 |location=South Australia |date=6 March 1952 |accessdate=15 December 2016 |page=13 (Royal Adelaide Exhibition Supplement) |via=National Library of Australia}}
3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article93216007 |title=Advertising |newspaper=The Chronicle |volume=92, |issue=51,194 |location=South Australia |date=7 July 1949 |accessdate=15 December 2016 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://sabco.com.au/about-sabco/ |title=About sabco}}
5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134475935 |title=Premier to see first mass-made shotguns |newspaper=The News |volume=62, |issue=9,518 |location=South Australia |date=11 February 1954 |accessdate=16 December 2016 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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