For other uses, see English Electric (disambiguation).
The English Electric Company Limited
Company type
Private
Industry
Transport
Predecessor
List
Coventry Ordnance Works
Phoenix Dynamo Co.
Dick, Kerr & Co.
Founded
December 1918 (as The English Electric Company Limited)
Defunct
1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Fate
Merged with GEC in 1968
Successor
List
General Electric
British Aircraft
International Computers
Headquarters
Strand, London, England, UK
Products
Electric motors
Transformers
Locomotives
Diesel engines
Steam turbines
consumer electronics
Nuclear reactors
Guided missiles
Military aircraft
Mainframe computers
Subsidiaries
List
D. Napier & Son (1942–68)
Marconi Company (1948–68)
Vulcan Foundry (1955–68)
Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns (1955–68)
EE Aviation (1958–68)
EE Leo Marconi (1964–68)
The English Electric Company Limited (EE) was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice ending the fighting of World War I by amalgamating five businesses which, during the war, had been making munitions, armaments and aeroplanes.[1]
It initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers, locomotives and traction equipment, diesel motors and steam turbines. Its activities were later expanded to include consumer electronics, nuclear reactors, guided missiles, military aircraft and mainframe computers.
Two English Electric aircraft designs became landmarks in British aeronautical engineering; the Canberra and the Lightning. In 1960, English Electric Aircraft (40%) merged with Vickers (40%) and Bristol (20%) to form British Aircraft Corporation.
In 1968 English Electric's operations were merged with GEC's,[2] the combined business employing more than 250,000 people.[3]
^Cite error: The named reference TT41986 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^English Electric and GEC plan biggest merger in Britain. The Times (London), Saturday, 7 September 1968; pg. 1; Issue 57350
^Payroll of 250,000 for the new giant. The Times (London), Saturday, 14 September 1968; pg. 13; Issue 57356
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