1602 Group
What's in a name? 1602 Group was formed on the 1st June 2002 (hence the name) from a management buyout of the control systems division of Solid State Logic. Solid State Logic had begun in 1969 designing and manufacturing control systems for pipe organs, the name being chosen by founder Colin Sanders to explain the mystery of non-moving part controls. The company was bought by Duncan Crundwell, a long term SSL employee and Philip Lelliott; the two had been friends since apprenticeship days in the aeronautical engineering business.