The Electric Auto-Lite Company was founded in 1911 by Clement O. Miniger in Toledo, Ohio. Its industry is spark plugs and ignition wire sets and its headquarters are in Lake Forest, Illinois. It was acquired by the Ford Motor Company in 1961, who sold it to the Bendix Corporation in 1973. Bendix became a part of AlliedSignal, Inc. in 1983, in which Auto-Lite was sold by Honeywell. Since 2011, it's been a brand under the FRAM Group.
SUBSIDIARIES[]
- Electric Auto-Lite, Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario)
COMPANY NAMES[]
- Auto-Liter Company (1911-1927)
- Electric Auto-Lite Company (1927-1962)
- Autolite, Division of Ford Motor Company (1962-1973)
PRODUCTS[]
- Batteries
- Spark Plugs
- "Transport"
- "Willys Light" Electric Lighting Plants
- Wires & Cables
ADVERTISEMENTS[]
Motor Age (Jan. 15, 1914)
The Saturday Evening Post (January 3, 1920)
Farm Light & Power Year Book (1922)
Farm Light & Power Year Book (1922)
Farm Mechanics (December 1922)
Popular Science (December 1937)
Aviation (October 1942)
Popular Mechanics (May 1947)
Commercial Car Journal (September 1950)
Popular Mechanics (May 1957)