GEC Research

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GEC Research Ltd was formed in the early 1980s when the General Electric Company plc reorganised its various research laboratories into a distinct organisation. It was headed by Derek Roberts and comprised:

GEC Hirst Research Centre
GEC Marconi Research Centre
GEC Nelson Research Laboratories

General Electric Company plc

Former subsidiaries and divisions

Former joint ventures

Predecessors and acquisitions

Associated Electrical Industries
- Birlec
- British Thomson-Houston (BTH)
- Edison Swan
- Hotpoint
- Metropolitan-Vickers
- Siemens Brothers & Co
- W.T. Henley
A.B. Dick Company
English Electric
- Dick, Kerr & Co.
- Elliott Brothers
- Marconi Company
- Ruston & Hornsby
- Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns
- Vulcan Foundry
- Willans & Robinson
G. Binswanger and Company
Gilbarco Veeder-Root
Picker Corporation
Tracor
W & T Avery Ltd.
Yarrow Shipbuilders

Successors

BAE Systems
Marconi Corporation plc
Marconi plc
Telent Limited
Unify

Products

Computers	GEC 2050 GEC 4000 series GEC Series 63 OS4000

Locomotives	British Rail Class 91 GEC Stephenson locomotive South African Class 4E South African Class 9E, Series 1 South African Class 9E, Series 2 South African Class 10E1, Series 1 South African Class 10E1, Series 2

People

Other

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