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GEC Electrical Projects
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of Rugby and Kidsgrove
One of the GEC-Elliott Automation companies formed after the amalgamation of the 2 groups
1970 Advertised for staff[1]
1976 Supplied electrical and mechanical equipment for a mining project in Peru[2]
1981 Became part of GEC-FAST.
Specialised in robot trucks and systems.
1982 Took a Queen's Award for Export Achievement for £66 million worth of overseas orders - 80% of total business 1981-2.
1982 Signed deal with Hitachi to licence Hitachi's general purpose robot[3] with manufacturing expected to start in 1985; in the meantime robots would be imported from Japan.