The General Electric Company

GEC traces its origins to G.Binswanger and Company, an electrical goods wholesaler established in London during the 1880s by a German immigrant Gustav Binswanger (later Gustav Byng). Regarded as the year GEC was founded, 1886 saw Byng joined by a fellow immigrant, Hugo Hirst (later Lord Hirst), and the company changed its name to The General Electric Apparatus Company (G.Binswanger). This small business found early success with its unorthodox method of supplying electrical components over the counter. Hugo Hirst was an e ...

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The General Electric Company, The General Electric Company - History, The General Electric Company - General Electric Company Ltd, The General Electric Company - World Wars, The General Electric Company - Expansion, The General Electric Company - Marconi Electronic Systems sale, The General Electric Company - Transition to Marconi plc, The General Electric Company - Timeline, The General Electric Company - Reference

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British Aerospace (BAe) was a UK aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAE Systems. British Aerospace - History. The company was formed as a statutory corporation on April 29, 1977 as a result the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act. This called for the nationalisation and merger of; the British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and Scottish Aviation. In accordance with the provisions of the British Aerospace Act 1980 the statutory corporation was changed to a ...

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• British Aerospace - Major milestones
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• British Aerospace - Divestitures
• British Aerospace - Transition to BAE Systems

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The British Broadcasting Company Ltd was a British commercial company formed on October 18, 1922 by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom. Its original office was located on the fifth floor of the General Electric building in London. On December 14, 1922, John Reith was hired to become the Managing Director of the company. On December 31, 1926, the company was dissolved and its assets were transferred to the Crown Chartered British Broadcasting Corporation. British Broadcasting Co ...

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• British Broadcasting Company - Brief history
• British Broadcasting Company - Post Office stations
• British Broadcasting Company - Electrical Post Offices
• British Broadcasting Company - Advent of wireless broadcasting
• British Broadcasting Company - First test broadcasts
• British Broadcasting Company - Military intervention
• British Broadcasting Company - Test transmissions resume
• British Broadcasting Company - Incorporation and shares
• British Broadcasting Company - Directors
• British Broadcasting Company - International origins
• British Broadcasting Company - 1922-1926 BBC Timeline
• British Broadcasting Company - 1922
• British Broadcasting Company - 1923
• British Broadcasting Company - 1924
• British Broadcasting Company - 1925
• British Broadcasting Company - 1926

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The Brimstone missile is an advanced Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) developed by MBDA. The missile is a development of Boeing's AGM-114 Hellfire and is designed to meet the RAF's requirement for a long range anti-armour weapon, allowing strike aircraft to attack tanks and armoured vehicles at stand-off range, replacing the BL755 cluster bomb. This requirement was issued following an assessment of the British military's performance in the Gulf War. The General Electric Company (GEC) (whose missile interests now form part of MBDA) was originally awarded the contract on ...

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BAE Systems plc is the world's fourth largest defence contractor [3] and a commercial aerospace products manufacturer. BAE is a British company based at Farnborough, UK which has extensive worldwide interests, particularly North America. BAE Systems - History. BAE Systems - Formation. BAE Systems was formed on November 30, 1999 with the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) and Marconi Electr ...

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• BAE Systems - Formation
• BAE Systems - Merger undertakings
• BAE Systems - Expansion & further consolidation
• BAE Systems - Bribery allegations
• BAE Systems - Financial information
• BAE Systems - Corporate governance
• BAE Systems - Organisation
• BAE Systems - Joint ventures etc.
• BAE Systems - Products
• BAE Systems - Air
• BAE Systems - Land
• BAE Systems - Sea

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Marconi plc was formed following a major reorganisation of GEC. Beginning in December 1998 reports emerged that GEC wished to demerge its defence business, Marconi Electronic Systems. This was against the background of a review into the company's future and consolidation of the American and European defence markets. British Aerospace, until that point pursuing a merger with DASA, soon began merger talks with GEC. On January 19, 1999 GEC and BAe announced that BAe was to acquire Marconi Electronic Systems for £7.7bn ($12.75bn). ...

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Marconi Corporation plc, Marconi Corporation plc - History, Marconi Corporation plc - Burst of the bubble, Marconi Corporation plc - Reorganisation, Marconi Corporation plc - 21CN failure, Marconi Corporation plc - Ericsson deal, Marconi Corporation plc - Timeline, Marconi Corporation plc - Notes

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British Aerospace - Acquisitions made/divisions established. 1986 - Eurofighter GmbH formed with Alenia Aeronautica, CASA and DASA for development of the Eurofighter Typhoon. 1987 - Royal Ordnance 1988 - The Rover Group plc 1989 - British Aerospace plc became a holding company and group companies became wholly owned subsidiaries of that company. 1991 - Heckler & Koch GmbH 1991 - 30% interest acquired in Hutchison Telecommunications 1991 - BAeSEMA for ...

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British Aerospace, British Aerospace - History, British Aerospace - Major milestones, British Aerospace - Acquisitions made/divisions established, British Aerospace - Divestitures, British Aerospace - Transition to BAE Systems

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MES represented the pinnacle of GEC's defence businesses which have a heritage of almost 100 years. GEC's history of military products dates back to World War I with its contribution to the war effort then including radios and bulbs. World War II consolidated this position with the company involved in many important technological advances, most notably radar. Between 1945 and GEC's demerger of its defence business in 1999, the company became one of the world's most important defence contractors. GEC's major defence related acquisition ...

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Marconi Electronic Systems, Marconi Electronic Systems - Organisation, Marconi Electronic Systems - History, Marconi Electronic Systems - Major projects

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BAE Systems - Formation. BAE Systems was formed on November 30, 1999 with the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) and Marconi Electronic Systems (MES), the defence arm of The General Electric Company (GEC). The merger had been agreed on April 27, 1999. It was widely anticipated that BAe would merge with Germany’s DASA to form a pan-European aerospace giant, however BAe chose instead to merge with GEC’s defence electronics business.^{See also:}

BAE Systems, BAE Systems - History, BAE Systems - Formation, BAE Systems - Merger undertakings, BAE Systems - Expansion & further consolidation, BAE Systems - Bribery allegations, BAE Systems - Financial information, BAE Systems - Corporate governance, BAE Systems - Organisation, BAE Systems - Joint ventures etc., BAE Systems - Products, BAE Systems - Air, BAE Systems - Land, BAE Systems - Sea

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Founded in 1917 in Marylebone, central London but moving to Cottenham Road in Ilford early in 1919 (and then to Vicarage Lane where it remained) The Plessey Company became one of the largest manufacturers in this field as the radio and television industries grew. Plessey were partners in the development of the Atlas Computer in 1962 and in the development of Digital telephone systems - System X - during the late 1970s.

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Plessey, Plessey - History, Plessey - GEC takeover bid, Plessey - GEC Siemens takeover, Plessey - GEC acquisitions, Plessey - Siemens acquisitions, Plessey - Subsequent history, Plessey - Plessey barcodes, Plessey - External link

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The Marconi Company opened the world's first radio factory in Chelmsford in 1898 and was responsible for some of the most important advances in radio and television. English Electric acquired The Marconi Company in 1946 which complemented its other operations; heavy electrical engineering, aircraft and its railway traction business. In 1968 English Electric was subject to a takeover bid by the Plessey Company but chose instead to accept an offer from GEC. The Marconi Company continued as the primary defence subsidiary of GEC, GEC-Marc ...

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Marconi Company, Marconi Company - History, Marconi Company - Expansion as GEC subsidiary, Marconi Company - Marconi name today

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British Broadcasting Company - Post Office stations. In Britain prior to 1922, the General Post Office retained exclusive rights given to it by government, to manage and control all means of mass communication with the exception of the printed word for which authority had devolved to another governmental entity. The foundation of the British system still revolves around a specific interpretation of the word station, which means a location. As such all Post Offices are located at stations, which is also tru ...

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British Broadcasting Company, British Broadcasting Company - Brief history, British Broadcasting Company - Post Office stations, British Broadcasting Company - Electrical Post Offices, British Broadcasting Company - Advent of wireless broadcasting, British Broadcasting Company - First test broadcasts, British Broadcasting Company - Military intervention, British Broadcasting Company - Test transmissions resume, British Broadcasting Company - Incorporation and shares, British Broadcasting Company - Directors, British Broadcasting Company - International origins, British Broadcasting Company - 1922-1926 BBC Timeline, British Broadcasting Company - 1922, British Broadcasting Company - 1923, British Broadcasting Company - 1924, British Broadcasting Company - 1925, British Broadcasting Company - 1926

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As of November 2005 the members of the board of directors of BAE Systems are: Sue Birley, Phil Carroll, Ulrich Cartellieri, Chris Geoghegan, Michael Hartnall, Michael Lester, Peter Mason, Steve Mogford, Dick Olver, Michael Portillo, Roberto Quarta, Mark Ronald, George Rose, Mike Turner, and Peter Weinberg. In late March 2004, after more than 30 years with the company (and its predecessors), BAE Systems' longstanding Chairman Sir Richard Evans announced his successor. Dick Olver, formerly the deputy chief-executive of BP, succeeded Sir ...

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BAE Systems, BAE Systems - History, BAE Systems - Formation, BAE Systems - Merger undertakings, BAE Systems - Expansion & further consolidation, BAE Systems - Bribery allegations, BAE Systems - Financial information, BAE Systems - Corporate governance, BAE Systems - Organisation, BAE Systems - Joint ventures etc., BAE Systems - Products, BAE Systems - Air, BAE Systems - Land, BAE Systems - Sea

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In 1999 GEC underwent a major transformation. Marconi Electronic Systems was demerged and sold to British Aerospace which then formed BAE Systems. BAE chose not to include the Marconi name but were granted rights to continue its use in partnerships, e.g. Alenia Marconi Systems. GEC, realigning itself as a primarily telecommunications company following the MES sale, chose Marconi as its new name, becoming Marconi plc. Major spending and the dot-com collapse lead to a major restructuring of that group, in a debt for equity swap shareholders were g ...

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Marconi Company, Marconi Company - History, Marconi Company - Expansion as GEC subsidiary, Marconi Company - Marconi name today

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Plessey is also a name for a barcode symbology developed by them, which is still used in some libraries and for shelf tags in retail stores, in part as a solution to their internal requirement for stock control. Its chief advantages are the relative ease of printing using the dot-matrix printers popular at the time of the code's introduction, and its somewhat higher density than the more common 2 of 5 and 3 of 9 codes. Plessey barcodes use two bar widths. Whitespace between bars is not significant. The start element is a wide b ...

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Plessey, Plessey - History, Plessey - GEC takeover bid, Plessey - GEC Siemens takeover, Plessey - GEC acquisitions, Plessey - Siemens acquisitions, Plessey - Subsequent history, Plessey - Plessey barcodes, Plessey - External link

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BAE Systems either leads or has a major stake in some of the most high profile, high technology civil and military aerospace and maritime projects in the world. This is not a complete list, only major projects are included: BAE Systems - Air. Airbus BAE Systems manufactures the wings for the entire Airbus family, the A300, A310, A318, A319, A320, A321, A330, A340, A350 and A380 (right). Airbus A400M Strategic airlifter to compete with 1st generation C-130 Hercules. Produced throu ...

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BAE Systems, BAE Systems - History, BAE Systems - Formation, BAE Systems - Merger undertakings, BAE Systems - Expansion & further consolidation, BAE Systems - Bribery allegations, BAE Systems - Financial information, BAE Systems - Corporate governance, BAE Systems - Organisation, BAE Systems - Joint ventures etc., BAE Systems - Products, BAE Systems - Air, BAE Systems - Land, BAE Systems - Sea

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Defence consolidation became a major issue in 1998, with numerous reports linking various European defence groups — mainly with each other but also with American defence contractors. It was widely anticipated that BAe would merge with Germany’s DASA to form a pan-European aerospace giant, however BAe chose instead to merge with GEC’s defence electronics business, Marconi Electronic Systems. This move, to create a UK company compared to what would have been an Anglo-German firm, made the possibility of further pe ...

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British Aerospace, British Aerospace - History, British Aerospace - Major milestones, British Aerospace - Acquisitions made/divisions established, British Aerospace - Divestitures, British Aerospace - Transition to BAE Systems

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On October 18, 1922, the British Broadcasting Company, Ltd. was incorporated under the 1908 to 1917 Companies Acts with a share capital of £100,000., with 99,993 cumulative ordinary shares valued at £1 each: The holders of the Cumulative Ordinary Shares are entitled to receive out of the profits of the Company a fixed Cumulative Dividend at the rate of 7½% per annum on the capital for the time being paid up thereon b ...

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British Broadcasting Company, British Broadcasting Company - Brief history, British Broadcasting Company - Post Office stations, British Broadcasting Company - Electrical Post Offices, British Broadcasting Company - Advent of wireless broadcasting, British Broadcasting Company - First test broadcasts, British Broadcasting Company - Military intervention, British Broadcasting Company - Test transmissions resume, British Broadcasting Company - Incorporation and shares, British Broadcasting Company - Directors, British Broadcasting Company - International origins, British Broadcasting Company - 1922-1926 BBC Timeline, British Broadcasting Company - 1922, British Broadcasting Company - 1923, British Broadcasting Company - 1924, British Broadcasting Company - 1925, British Broadcasting Company - 1926

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British Broadcasting Company - 1922. October 18: British Broadcasting Company, Ltd. formed but not registered. November 1: First broadcast receiving license introduced. November 14: 2LO began broadcasting on mediumwave, from Marconi House to London with the first newscast read by Arthur Burrows, first Director of Programmes. November 15:5IT in Birmingham and 2ZY in Manchester began broadcasting. All three BBC stations broadcast General Ele ...

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British Broadcasting Company, British Broadcasting Company - Brief history, British Broadcasting Company - Post Office stations, British Broadcasting Company - Electrical Post Offices, British Broadcasting Company - Advent of wireless broadcasting, British Broadcasting Company - First test broadcasts, British Broadcasting Company - Military intervention, British Broadcasting Company - Test transmissions resume, British Broadcasting Company - Incorporation and shares, British Broadcasting Company - Directors, British Broadcasting Company - International origins, British Broadcasting Company - 1922-1926 BBC Timeline, British Broadcasting Company - 1922, British Broadcasting Company - 1923, British Broadcasting Company - 1924, British Broadcasting Company - 1925, British Broadcasting Company - 1926

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The company was formed as a statutory corporation on April 29, 1977 as a result the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act. This called for the nationalisation and merger of; the British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and Scottish Aviation. In accordance with the provisions of the British Aerospace Act 1980 the statutory corporation was changed to a plc, British Aerospace Public Limited Company, on January 1 1981. On February 4 1981 the government sold 51.57% of its shares. The British government sold its remaining shares in 1985, maintaining a £1 Golden Share which allows it ...

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British Aerospace, British Aerospace - History, British Aerospace - Major milestones, British Aerospace - Acquisitions made/divisions established, British Aerospace - Divestitures, British Aerospace - Transition to BAE Systems

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