EKCO from Eric Kirkham Cole Limited was a British electronics company producing radio and television sets from 1924. History Eric Cole and his girlfriend started out making radio sets in 1924. With funding they set up a factory at Leigh-on-Sea. After expansion in 1930, they moved to a very big factory site at Southend-on-Sea. Before the start of the Second World War the Government decided to disperse certain production to locations away from obvious bombing targets. This led to a factory at Mal… (More on Ekco)