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Marconi Instruments

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December 1945
1947. Universal bridge.
c1947. Universal Bridge.
September 1947. Moisture meter.
January 1949.
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December 1951.
June 1955. RF Power Meters.
1959. Oscilloscope.
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Marconi AM Signal Generator TF 80 ID. No. JA42/063.
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of St. Albans.

1900 Company formed from part of Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co Limited as the Marconi Company's electrical measurement instrument manufacturer

1936 Incorporated as Marconi Instruments Limited

1936 Private company.

1946 The holding of Cable and Wireless in Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co was acquired by English Electric Co[1]. As well as the whole of the share capital in Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co, this also gave English Electric the entirety of Marconi Instruments Ltd[2].

1954 Marconi Instruments, Ltd. Manufacture of communications test gear, electronic industrial equipment and electromedical apparatus, including X-ray. Directors: Sir G. H. Nelson; H. G. Nelson; Sir E. Crowe; Brig.-Gen. W. H. Hayes; P. Horsfall; Sir Noel Ashbridge. Senior Executives: J. Furnival {General Manager)', C. Stanier {Secretary Accountant); E. Garthwaite {Chief Engineer). Head Office and Works: Longacres, St. Albans, Herts. T.: St. Albans 6161-7. T.A. and Cables: Measurtest St. Albans. Associated Companies: Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company; The English Electric Company. Overseas Branches and Main Distributors: In most parts of the world.[3]

1958 Marconi Instruments Ltd offered more than 100 different instruments and was developing in nuclear power instrumentation, guided weapons testing and multi-channel radio link equipment[4].

1961 Manufacturers and designers of telecommunication measurement equipment, industrial electronic instruments, industrial X-Ray apparatus, diagnostic and therapeutic X-Ray apparatus and electro-medical equipment. 1,500 employees. [5]

1968 GEC acquired English Electric

1974 Marconi Instruments developed a spectrum analyser MI TF2370.[6]

1998 After George Simpson took over as Managing Director of GEC in 1996, several businesses were sold including Marconi Instruments which was sold to IFR Systems of the USA[7]. It became IFR Instruments Limited

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, 26 April 1946
  2. ↑ The Times, 20 July 1946
  3. ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  4. ↑ The Times, 14 March 1958
  5. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  6. ↑ The Engineer 1974/04/04
  7. ↑ The Times Saturday, Feb. 14, 1998
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