Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

Fairchild Camera and Instrument Co

From Graces Guide
1982.

Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation of USA

of Potters Bar

1944 US company Fairchild Aviation changed its name to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Co

1978 Announced JV with GEC to build micro-electronics in Britain[1] - GEC-Fairchild

c.1979 Schlumberger acquired the company.

1980 Fairchild pulled out of its proposed JV with GEC to build a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Cheshire.[2]

1982 Part of Schlumberger

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Saturday, June 17, 1978
  2. The Times Saturday, July 5, 1980