Back إنجلش إلكتريك Arabic English Electric AST English Electric Czech English Electric German English Electric English English Electric Spanish English Electric Basque انگلیش الکتریک Persian English Electric Finnish English Electric French
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| Industry | electrical industry  |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1918 |
| Defunct | 1968 |
| Fate | Acquired by GEC |
| Successor | BAC GEC ICL |
| Headquarters | Lancashire headquartered at Strand, London |
| Subsidiaries | D. Napier & Son (1942-) The Marconi Company (1948-) Vulcan Foundry (1955-) Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns (1955-) English Electric Aviation (1958-) English Electric Leo Marconi (1964-) |
English Electric[1] (EE) was a British industrial manufacturer. Founded in 1918, it initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers. Its activities would expand to include railway locomotives and traction equipment, steam turbines, consumer electronics, guided missiles, aircraft and computers.
- ↑ Gunston, Bill (2005). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers, 2nd Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. p. 164. ISBN 0-7509-3981-8.