1900 - A pioneer in audio technology for music as well as voice
Northern Electric manufactures the first gramophones in Canada for Emile
Berliner, the inventor of the flat-disc records that replaced
Edison's cylinders and would become the industry standard. The
first flat-disc records in Canada are pressed in Northern Electric
space rented to Berliner.
1902 - Camaraderie and competition on the ice
The Northern Electric Hockey Club, workbench heroes and a few ringers, competes
annually against a Bell Canada team for the Telephone Hockey
Trophy—made of an early telephone receiver and transmitter,
topped with a silver cup. One homegrown star goes on to become
the first National Hockey League player to score seven goals
in a single game.
1913 - Consolidating diverse manufacturing facilities
Consolidating diverse manufacturing facilities Ground is broken for a million
square feet of new manufacturing space on Shearer Street in
Montreal—the company's home for more than 60 years.
1914 - Introducing the Northern Electric Company Ltd.
Charles
Fleetford Sise merges The Northern Electric Manufacturing
Company with The Imperial Wire and Cable Company to form The
Northern Electric Company Limited, with an authorized capital
of $10 million. US company Western Electric owns 44 percent,
and Bell Canada owns 50 percent.
1915 - Fueling the World War I effort
Northern Electric manufactures the portable commutator, a one-wire telegraphic
switchboard for military field service, one of the earliest
products designed specifically for military use in World
War I.
