subsidiary industry power systems founded 1891 headquarters london uk key people norman broadhurst chairman tim cobbold ceo owner emerson electric company website www.emersonnetworkpower.com chloride group a business of emerson network power is the uk s largest supplier of secure power systems to hospitals and other public buildings and facilities . formerly listed on the london stock exchange and a constituent of ftse 250 index the company has been owned by emerson electric since september 2010 . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit chloride group was founded in 1891 as the chloride electrical syndicate limited to manufacture batteries . 1 brand names used included ajax exide dagenite kathanode shednought and tudor . 1 in the 1970s under its then managing director sir michael edwardes it showcased the uk s first battery power buses . 2 in 1999 it diversified into secure power systems acquiring oneac in the us boar sa in spain and hytek in australia . in 2000 it acquired the power protection division of siemens in germany and in 2001 it acquired continuous power international followed in 2005 by harath engineering services in the uk . in 2007 it acquired ast electronique services a similar business in france . 3 in july 2009 the company announced the acquisition of a 90 % stake in india s leading uninterruptible power supply company db power electronics . 4 in september 2010 chloride group was fully acquired by emerson electric joining the emerson network power platform 5 of the united states for us 1.5 billion . 6 operations edit chloride group focuses on one type of business secure power systems so its business is organised on a geographical basis . references edit a b competition commission summary of events 1974 to 1985 . museum of transport . retrieved 26 july 2015 . company history uk buys 90 % stake in db power electronics business standard 11 august 2009 news release emerson completes chloride acquisition ; now part of emerson network power broadens global power capability . retrieved 5 november 2010 . emerson electric finishes 1.5 b chloride deal . bloomberg businessweek . associated press . 3 september 2010 . retrieved 8 september 2010 . external links edit official website v t e emerson electric subsidiaries emerson network power asco avocent chloride group liebert insinkerator ridgid people charles f. knight david farr john wesley emerson stuart symington retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title chloride group & oldid 673199159 categories engineering companies of the united kingdomcompanies based in londoncompanies formerly listed on the london stock exchangecompanies established in 1891 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 26 july 2015 at 20 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view