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.
References
- Well, what is it? The News, 1 December 1953, retrieved 4 January 2017^
- Big Variety in Electrical Appliances The Advertiser, 6 March 1952, retrieved 15 December 2016^
- Advertising The Chronicle, 7 July 1949, retrieved 15 December 2016^
- About sabco^
- Premier to see first mass-made shotguns The News, 11 February 1954, retrieved 16 December 2016^
- Trevor Chappell. Gerard Lighting shares soar 26 per cent news.com.au, 2012-08-01, retrieved 2022-03-08^