Talk:Research Enterprises Limited

Chance Brothers Ltd
The whole basis of Research Enterprises Ltd can be traced back to [Chance Brothers] Ltd in the UK, who provided the men and technical know-how to enable the plant to be started in the first place. Chance was the major UK optical glass manufacturers and is more famous for its lighthouses. The collaboration with Chance is recorded in Chapter 12 in Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Series 4: Civil, volume 5 'The Role of Science and Industry', Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1958, pp. 246-81 written by D. P. Mellor. I'm too bogged down writing the entire history of Chance, so would be grateful if someone could blend in this background history regarding the formation of REL. Thanks. GlassyEye —Preceding undated comment added 14:42, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I only saw this post now, two years later! I was intrigued by this post so I started looking for any local sources, and I can't find much. I see that a contract was signed between REL and Chance in 1941 once the shop was already up and running, and also a mention in passing of "advisory capacity in the setting-up of Research Enterprises Limited", but that's all I can find. There are other mentions of REL and Chance but they are unrelated, mostly passing mentions of sniper scopes. Most interesting is an article by Phillips about the creation of REL in an issue that also talks about Chance, but there is no mention of Chance in the development of REL, although he does compare their process to that of Chance. Anything else you can find would be appreciated. Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:49, 15 March 2021 (UTC)