Ferranti
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Ferranti or Ferranti International PLC was a UK electrical engineering and equipment firm that operated for over a century from 1885 until it went bankrupt in 1993. The company was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Electronics & Defence |
Founded | 1882 (as Ferranti, Thompson and Ince); 1885 (as S.Z. de Ferranti); 1901 (as Ferranti Ltd) |
Defunct | Bankrupt 1993 (the Belgian subsidiary lives on as Ferranti Computer Systems and as of 1994 is part of the Nijkerk Holding) |
Fate | Bankrupt & broken up |
Successor | GEC-Marconi, Matra Marconi Space |
Headquarters | Hollinwood, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom |
Key people | Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti |
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The firm was known for work in the area of power grid systems and defence electronics. In addition, in 1951 Ferranti began selling an early computer, the Ferranti Mark 1. The Belgian subsidiary lives on as Ferranti Computer Systems and as of 1994 is part of the Nijkerk Holding.