AEI Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Associated Electrical Engineering Industries Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Woolwich, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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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
Electrical wire & cable production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electricity control, distribution, etc, equipment production
Notes:
Established in 1928 through merger of leading businesses which brought together the following operating companies: British Thomson Houston Co Ltd, Edison Swan Electric Co Ltd, Edison Swan Cables Ltd, Ferguson Pailin Ltd, Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co Ltd, Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Export Co Ltd, Hoptpoint Electrical Appliance Co Ltd and Harcourts Ltd. Made a wide variety of electrical equipment including electric motors, transformers, generators, etc; electric light equipment; electricity distribution equipment, etc; domestic appliances, etc; cables etc. Acquired in 1968 by GEC Ltd after a fiercely contested takeover. Early 1950s acquired Siemen Brothers & Co Ltd
Publications:
- AEI-GEC gap revisited by Rutherford, Brian A
- Anatomy of a Merger. A history of GEC, AEI and English Electric by Jones, Robert, & Oliver Marriott
- 'Arnold's grandslam' in W Davis, Merger Mania by Davis, William
- Death of a Factory by Wellard, Charlie
- 'Development and organisation of Associated Electrical Industries Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Business Enterprise. Its growth and organisation by Walker, George
- EE Co and BTH/AEI History and their Evolution to ABB Alsthom Power by Williams, J V G
- Images of Progress. Three episodes in the development of research policy in the UK electrical engineering industry by Niblett, C A
- Memoirs of Lord Chandos by Chandos, Lord
- 'Mr Weinstock's trinity' in G Turner, Business in Britain by Turner, Graham
- Research laboratories of Associated Electrical Industries Ltd by Fleming, Arthur, et al
- Take-Over. The facts and the myths of the GEC/AEI battle by Latham, Joseph
- The AEI Long Term Research Laboratory. An industrial experiment by Allibone, T E
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Associated Electrical Engineering Industries Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Woolwich, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- 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 Electrical wire & cable production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electricity control, distribution, etc, equipment production
Notes:
Established in 1928 through merger of leading businesses which brought together the following operating companies: British Thomson Houston Co Ltd, Edison Swan Electric Co Ltd, Edison Swan Cables Ltd, Ferguson Pailin Ltd, Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co Ltd, Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Export Co Ltd, Hoptpoint Electrical Appliance Co Ltd and Harcourts Ltd. Made a wide variety of electrical equipment including electric motors, transformers, generators, etc; electric light equipment; electricity distribution equipment, etc; domestic appliances, etc; cables etc. Acquired in 1968 by GEC Ltd after a fiercely contested takeover. Early 1950s acquired Siemen Brothers & Co LtdPublications:
- AEI-GEC gap revisited by Rutherford, Brian A
- Anatomy of a Merger. A history of GEC, AEI and English Electric by Jones, Robert, & Oliver Marriott
- 'Arnold's grandslam' in W Davis, Merger Mania by Davis, William
- Death of a Factory by Wellard, Charlie
- 'Development and organisation of Associated Electrical Industries Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Business Enterprise. Its growth and organisation by Walker, George
- EE Co and BTH/AEI History and their Evolution to ABB Alsthom Power by Williams, J V G
- Images of Progress. Three episodes in the development of research policy in the UK electrical engineering industry by Niblett, C A
- Memoirs of Lord Chandos by Chandos, Lord
- 'Mr Weinstock's trinity' in G Turner, Business in Britain by Turner, Graham
- Research laboratories of Associated Electrical Industries Ltd by Fleming, Arthur, et al
- Take-Over. The facts and the myths of the GEC/AEI battle by Latham, Joseph
- The AEI Long Term Research Laboratory. An industrial experiment by Allibone, T E