Brown, Boveri & Cie

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Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) was a Swiss group of electrical engineering company.

It was founded in Baden, Switzerland in 1891 by Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown and Walter Boveri who worked at the Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon. In 1970 BBC took over the Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon. In 1988 it merged with ASEA to form ABB.

The company producted DC Motors, AC Motors, generators, steam turbines, transfomers and the electrical equipments of locomotives.

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