AEI Ltd

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 Ltd

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