GEC Industrial Controls
Produced electrical drives and control systems, including for the machine tool industry using GEM 80 microprocessor-based control systems.
1980 Acquired the high technology systems subsidiary of Alfred Herbert making GEC the only British-owned producer of numerical control for machine tools; manufacturing of the systems would move to GEC's Kidsgrove factory; the design and development staff would move from Coventry to Rugby[1]
1981 Became part of GEC-FAST when the Factory Automation Systems was formed
1982 "GEC Industrial Controls at Kidsgrove are set to enter the robot era and their 1,000 workers can look forward to increased job security. The West Avenue plant will play a major role in a new GEC group known ..."[2]
1983 GEC had been moving into the sectors of microprocessor controls and process instruments, through GEC Industrial Controls and the Factory Automation Division. The previous foray into this area, a share of Fisher International, was sold to Monsanto[3]
1991 Became Cegelec Industrial Controls