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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