Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Analite Proprietary Limited
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Description area
Dates of existence
1946 - 1984
History
Analite Pty Ltd, a laboratory equipment manufacturing business established in 1946 by Esmond Selby, Managing Director of the Sydney office of H B Selby & Company Pty Ltd, became a subsidiary of H B Selby Australia Limited in May 1951. Among Analite’s the more notable achievements was the development of sets of one-piece non-magnetic stainless steel analytical masses, accurate enough to be certified by the National Standards Laboratory. In 1982-83 H B Selby Australia Ltd succumbed to a triple takeover, firstly by Warburton O’Donnell, then by Comeng Holdings Ltd and, lastly, by Australian National Industries (ANI). Analite continued as a subsidiary of Australian National Industries until September 1984 when, due to declining profits and competition from overseas markets, it was wound up altogether.
Places
North Ryde, New South Wales and Notting Hill, Victoria
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
machinery and equipment manufacturing; glass manufacturing
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Internal structures/genealogy
Directors: Selby, Esmond John (1911-1998); Selby, Benn Atherton (1914 - 2011)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Prepared by Margaret Avard in February 2014
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Sources
Dr Samuel Furphy (2005): Selbys the Science People: A History of H B Selby Australia Limited