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Thorn Electrical Industries
Company typePublic
IndustryElectrical engineering
FoundedMarch 1928 as The Electrical Lamp Service Company Ltd.
Defunct1998
FateMerged
SuccessorThorn EMI
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Key people
Founders - Sir Jules Thorn, Alfred Deutsch
Products
  • light bulbs
  • radios
  • televisions
  • lamps, luminaires and lighting components (through Thorn Lighting)
ParentTerra Firma Capital Partners

Thorn Electrical Industries Limited was a British electrical engineering company. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange, but merged with EMI Group to form Thorn EMI in 1979. It was de-merged in 1996 and became a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, but was acquired by the Japanese Nomura Group only two years later. It is now owned by Terra Firma Capital Partners.

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