Pirelli-General Cable Works
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of Western Shore, Southampton, Hampshire
- 1914 Public company. Pirelli-General was formed as a company held in equal shares by Pirelli, an Italian limited partnership, and GEC.
- 1920 Pirelli transferred its industrial activities to Pirelli SpA of Milan and Societe Internationale Pirelli SA (SIP) of Basle.
- 1937 Advert in British Industries Fair Catalogue as Maker of C. M. A. (Cable Makers Association) Cables. Manufacturers of Electric Wires and Cables for all purposes.(Electricity: Industrial and Domestic).
- 1937 Electrical cable and wire manufacturers.
- 1961 Manufacturers of all types of electric wires and cables, covered conductors, oil-filled cables, telecommunication cables, co-axial cables, power cable accessories, telephone distribution equipment, overhead line fittings, radio and transmission towers, overhead railway electrification contractors, cable installation engineers. 5,500 group employees.
- 1962 GEC's 50 per cent shareholding in Pirelli-General continued until 1962, when Pirelli acquired most of the shares owned by GEC, following a major reorganisation within that company.
- 1971 Aberdare Holdings sold its cable-making subsidiary Aberdare Cables to Pirelli-General Cable Works[1]
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Sources of Information
- [1] Competition Commission
- 1937 British Industries Fair Advert p564; and p401
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
