United Incandescent Lamp and Electricity Company

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United Incandescent Lamp and Electricity Company
Native name
Hungarian: Egyesült Izzólámpa és Villamossági Rt.
Company typePrivate
IndustryElectrical goods
Founded1886; 138 years ago (1886) in Hungary
FounderBéla Egger and brothers
FateMerged with United Electricity Company

The United Incandescent Lamp and Electricity Company (Hungarian: Egyesült Izzólámpa és Villamossági Rt.) was a Hungarian business which produced a range of electrical goods such as electrical switches, voltmeters, ammeters, telephones, dynamos, and carbon fibre light bulbs. It was founded by Béla Egger and his brothers in 1886.[1] With the support of the Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest and the Wiener Bankverein, the original company was involved in a number of mergers it became the United Electricity Company.

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  1. ^ "archivnet.hu". archivnet.hu. Hungarian National Archives. Retrieved 23 October 2020.