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Line 49: In 1959 Alastair Robertson-Aikman, the Company's founder, required a pick-up arm for his own use and an experimental model was built. It received such an enthusiastic reception from friends in the sound industry that it was decided to produce it commercially and the first SME precision pick-up arm appeared in September 1959. Production was 25 units per week composed entirely of individually machined components. At this time a new factory situated in Mill Road, Steyning was opened and the Company's name was changed to SME Limited, a less committal title to suit its new activities.<ref>[http://www.sme.ltd.uk/content/History-1307.shtml Company History] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510071658/http://www.sme.ltd.uk/content/History-1307.shtml \|date=2013-05-10 }}</ref> In December 2016 the company was acquired by [[~~Ajay_Shirke~~Ajay Shirke]] with a view to preserve the brands legacy and extend research and development activities, appointing a new CEO and a distributor for the UK market, [https://padood.com Padood].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://sme.co.uk/2016/12/01/leading-british-engineering-and-hifi-brand-sme-ltd-is-acquired-by-cadence/}}</ref> In May 2018 the company acquired the rights to the [[~~Garrard_Transcription_Turntable~~Garrard Transcription Turntable]] brand as well as Loricraft Audio, the only officially authorised Garrard service agent. Intending to develop the Garrard audio brand in the near future.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://sme.co.uk/2018/05/01/sme-limited-acquires-the-garrard-audio-brand/}}</ref> ==Products==

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