Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 170,343 pages of information and 248,024 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
British arm of a French company
1978 Formation of CGE Alsthom UK from merging CGE and Societe Alsthom (similar changes in France and elsewhere).
Alsthom’s name was derived from ‘Alsace Thomson-Houston’, reflecting its earlier parentage in Thomson-Houston.
1987 CGE Alsthom UK became part of Alsthom International Ltd
1989 Formed GEC Alsthom, a 50/50 joint venture with GEC
2000 Alsthom International became Alstom International
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