GEC Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Binswanger & Co
- General Electrical Apparatus Co
- Osram
- Fraser & Chambers Ltd
- Hist, Lord
- Radio & Allied Industries Ltd
- Weinstock, Sir Arthur, later Lord Weinstock
- AEI Ltd
- English Electric Ltd
- Yarrow
- Avery, W & T, Ltd
- Marconi Corp Ltd
- Telent Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, North West, England
- Wembley, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Witton, Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electrical & electronic engineering, general
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electrical & non electrical appliances inc sewing machines, etc, production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electrical & non electrical lighting & heating equipment production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electrical generators, motors, transformers, etc, production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electricity control, distribution, etc, equipment production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electronic equipment & components production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Radar equipment production
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Transport equipment production
Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
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Transport equipment production
Shipbuilding & repairing exc small craft
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Telephone & telegraph equipment production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Television & radio transmitting & receiving equipment production
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Mechanical engineering
Weighing machine production
Notes:
Traced origins to the 1880s and the formation of the electrical goods wholesalers, G Binswanger & Co. Renamed General Electric Apparatus Co in 1886 and started to manufacture bells, switches, telephones, etc, at Salford in 1887. 1889 incorporated as General Electric Co Ltd. Public company 1900. Started to make electric lighting 1893, subsequently under the Osram brand. 1900 public company. 1902 opened Witton Works, Birmingham, as its principal manufacturing centre. Entered heavy electrical engineering in 1918 through acquisition of Fraser & Chalmers Ltd. c1919 opened research laboratories. Under chairmanship of Lord Hirst, 1910-43. Post 1945 acquired a succession of major businesses, Radio & Allied Industries Ltd in 1961 (managed by Arthur Weinstock), AEI Ltd in 1968, English Electric (including Marconi) in 1968, W & T Avery Ltd in 1979, Yarrow in 1985, etc. In this period led by Sir Arnold Weinstock, 1924-2002. Subsequently refocused in mid 1990s when defence interests merged with British Aerospace to form BAE Systems. Remainder of business then renamed Marconi Plc and subsequently Marconi Corp Plc in 2003. Most operations acquired by Ericsson in 2005 and remaining businesses renamed Telent Plc
Publications:
- [Centenary History of GEC Ltd] by Unknown
- AEI-GEC gap revisited by Rutherford, Brian A
- All in a Day's Work. Coventry women at work in the twentieth century by Legg, Margaret, & Beryl Saunders (eds)
- Anatomy of a Merger. A history of GEC, AEI and English Electric by Jones, Robert, & Oliver Marriott
- Arnold Weinstock and the Making of GEC by Aris, Stephen
- 'Arnold's grandslam' in W Davis, Merger Mania by Davis, William
- Background of War by Unknown
- Brief History of Comprehensive Power Station Projects in GEC Turbine Generators Ltd by Abram, L
- Century of Power Generation by Harris, F R, & C W J Simons (eds)
- Confidential History of the Research Laboratories [of GEC] by Paterson, Clifford C
- Death of a Factory by Wellard, Charlie
- Determinants of competitive success in the interwar British radio industry by Scott, Peter
- 'Development and organisation of the General Electric Co Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Business Growth by Lindley, Arnold
- EE Co and BTH/AEI History and their Evolution to ABB Alsthom Power by Williams, J V G
- Everything Electrical. A brief history of GEC by Weymouth, L
- Everything Electrical. A century of GEC by Clark, Ronald W
- Forty Years of Electrical Progress. The story of the GEC by Whyte, Adam Gowans
- GEC 100 Years, 1878-1978 by Logan, D (ed)
- GEC. A brief history, 1932-1990. The athletic years by Nielsen, B C
- GEC at the Turn of the Century. The largest British electrical manufacturing company by Unknown
- GEC Engineering History by Railing, Harry
- GEC. Its history, structure and the future. An address by Heather, T W
- GEC Radio Engineering and the War Effort. Its contribution to victory by Unknown
- GEC Research Laboratories, 1919-84 by Clayton, Robert, & Joan Algar
- General Electric Co Ltd. A survey of the company's organisation and resources with examples of recent installations by Unknown
- General Electric Co Ltd. Britain's largest electrical and electronics company by Unknown
- General Electric Co Ltd. CIS Anti Report by Unknown
- General Electric Company of England during Six Reigns by Unknown
- Growth and Decline of the Semiconductor Industry within the UK, 1950-1985 by Morris, P R
- History of Dunchurch Lodge, GEC Management College by Jones, Auria
- History of Witton Works, Birmingham by Woof, J
- International business and the development of British electrical manufacturing, 1886–1929 by Fitzgerald, Robert
- Lessons from a forgotten disaster. The Queen Victoria Street fire, 1902 by Ewan, Shane, & Jonathan Reinarz
- 'Mr Weinstock's trinity' in G Turner, Business in Britain by Turner, Graham
- 'Organisation and planning of research and development in the General Electric Co Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Business Enterprise. Its growth and organisation by Humphreys, O W
- Roll of Honour. In memory of the employees of the General Electric Co Ltd and its allied companies who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918 by Unknown
- Story of the Lamp by Unknown
- Story of the Telephone. A history of the telecommunications industry of Britain by Robertson, J H
- Take-Over. The facts and the myths of the GEC/AEI battle by Latham, Joseph
- 'Two autobiographical fragments' in R P T Davenport-Hines (ed), Speculators and Patriots. Essays in business biography by Davenport-Hines, R P T
- War Work of the GEC by Unknown
- Weinstock. The life and times of Britain's premier industrialist by Brummer, Alex, & Roger Cowe
- Witton Engineering Works of the General Electric Co Ltd, England by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Binswanger & Co
- General Electrical Apparatus Co
- Osram
- Fraser & Chambers Ltd
- Hist, Lord
- Radio & Allied Industries Ltd
- Weinstock, Sir Arthur, later Lord Weinstock
- AEI Ltd
- English Electric Ltd
- Yarrow
- Avery, W & T, Ltd
- Marconi Corp Ltd
- Telent Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, North West, England
- Wembley, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Witton, Birmingham, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electrical & electronic engineering, general
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electrical & non electrical appliances inc sewing machines, etc, production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electrical & non electrical lighting & heating equipment production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electrical generators, motors, transformers, etc, production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electricity control, distribution, etc, equipment production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electronic equipment & components production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Radar equipment production
- Transport equipment production Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
- Transport equipment production Shipbuilding & repairing exc small craft
- Electrical & electronic engineering Telephone & telegraph equipment production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Television & radio transmitting & receiving equipment production
- Mechanical engineering Weighing machine production
Notes:
Traced origins to the 1880s and the formation of the electrical goods wholesalers, G Binswanger & Co. Renamed General Electric Apparatus Co in 1886 and started to manufacture bells, switches, telephones, etc, at Salford in 1887. 1889 incorporated as General Electric Co Ltd. Public company 1900. Started to make electric lighting 1893, subsequently under the Osram brand. 1900 public company. 1902 opened Witton Works, Birmingham, as its principal manufacturing centre. Entered heavy electrical engineering in 1918 through acquisition of Fraser & Chalmers Ltd. c1919 opened research laboratories. Under chairmanship of Lord Hirst, 1910-43. Post 1945 acquired a succession of major businesses, Radio & Allied Industries Ltd in 1961 (managed by Arthur Weinstock), AEI Ltd in 1968, English Electric (including Marconi) in 1968, W & T Avery Ltd in 1979, Yarrow in 1985, etc. In this period led by Sir Arnold Weinstock, 1924-2002. Subsequently refocused in mid 1990s when defence interests merged with British Aerospace to form BAE Systems. Remainder of business then renamed Marconi Plc and subsequently Marconi Corp Plc in 2003. Most operations acquired by Ericsson in 2005 and remaining businesses renamed Telent PlcPublications:
- [Centenary History of GEC Ltd] by Unknown
- AEI-GEC gap revisited by Rutherford, Brian A
- All in a Day's Work. Coventry women at work in the twentieth century by Legg, Margaret, & Beryl Saunders (eds)
- Anatomy of a Merger. A history of GEC, AEI and English Electric by Jones, Robert, & Oliver Marriott
- Arnold Weinstock and the Making of GEC by Aris, Stephen
- 'Arnold's grandslam' in W Davis, Merger Mania by Davis, William
- Background of War by Unknown
- Brief History of Comprehensive Power Station Projects in GEC Turbine Generators Ltd by Abram, L
- Century of Power Generation by Harris, F R, & C W J Simons (eds)
- Confidential History of the Research Laboratories [of GEC] by Paterson, Clifford C
- Death of a Factory by Wellard, Charlie
- Determinants of competitive success in the interwar British radio industry by Scott, Peter
- 'Development and organisation of the General Electric Co Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Business Growth by Lindley, Arnold
- EE Co and BTH/AEI History and their Evolution to ABB Alsthom Power by Williams, J V G
- Everything Electrical. A brief history of GEC by Weymouth, L
- Everything Electrical. A century of GEC by Clark, Ronald W
- Forty Years of Electrical Progress. The story of the GEC by Whyte, Adam Gowans
- GEC 100 Years, 1878-1978 by Logan, D (ed)
- GEC. A brief history, 1932-1990. The athletic years by Nielsen, B C
- GEC at the Turn of the Century. The largest British electrical manufacturing company by Unknown
- GEC Engineering History by Railing, Harry
- GEC. Its history, structure and the future. An address by Heather, T W
- GEC Radio Engineering and the War Effort. Its contribution to victory by Unknown
- GEC Research Laboratories, 1919-84 by Clayton, Robert, & Joan Algar
- General Electric Co Ltd. A survey of the company's organisation and resources with examples of recent installations by Unknown
- General Electric Co Ltd. Britain's largest electrical and electronics company by Unknown
- General Electric Co Ltd. CIS Anti Report by Unknown
- General Electric Company of England during Six Reigns by Unknown
- Growth and Decline of the Semiconductor Industry within the UK, 1950-1985 by Morris, P R
- History of Dunchurch Lodge, GEC Management College by Jones, Auria
- History of Witton Works, Birmingham by Woof, J
- International business and the development of British electrical manufacturing, 1886–1929 by Fitzgerald, Robert
- Lessons from a forgotten disaster. The Queen Victoria Street fire, 1902 by Ewan, Shane, & Jonathan Reinarz
- 'Mr Weinstock's trinity' in G Turner, Business in Britain by Turner, Graham
- 'Organisation and planning of research and development in the General Electric Co Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Business Enterprise. Its growth and organisation by Humphreys, O W
- Roll of Honour. In memory of the employees of the General Electric Co Ltd and its allied companies who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918 by Unknown
- Story of the Lamp by Unknown
- Story of the Telephone. A history of the telecommunications industry of Britain by Robertson, J H
- Take-Over. The facts and the myths of the GEC/AEI battle by Latham, Joseph
- 'Two autobiographical fragments' in R P T Davenport-Hines (ed), Speculators and Patriots. Essays in business biography by Davenport-Hines, R P T
- War Work of the GEC by Unknown
- Weinstock. The life and times of Britain's premier industrialist by Brummer, Alex, & Roger Cowe
- Witton Engineering Works of the General Electric Co Ltd, England by Unknown