GEC (General Electric Company)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:company
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:GEC
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	The General Electric Company Limited
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:defunct	1999
gptkbp:founded	1886
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Gustav_Binswanger gptkb:Hugo_Hirst
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	GEC (General Electric Company)
gptkbp:industry	electronics engineering
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:Marconi_plc
gptkbp:notable_executive	gptkb:Arnold_Weinstock gptkb:Lord_Weinstock Sir Arnold Weinstock
gptkbp:notableAcquisition	gptkb:Radio_Rentals gptkb:Plessey gptkb:Hotpoint gptkb:Yarrow_Shipbuilders gptkb:Osram gptkb:Siemens_Brothers Crompton Parkinson Thorn EMI's defense businesses
gptkbp:notableEvent	Collapsed after dot-com bubble Involved in World War II production Involved in power generation equipment Involved in railway signaling systems Involved in telecommunications infrastructure Major UK defense contractor Major UK industrial conglomerate Major employer in UK Part of FTSE 100 Index Renamed Marconi plc in 1999 Sold defense arm to British Aerospace
gptkbp:notableProduct	defense electronics industrial equipment lighting railway signaling
gptkbp:notableProject	British military radar Nuclear power systems
gptkbp:stockExchange	gptkb:London_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:subsidiary	gptkb:Marconi_Company gptkb:English_Electric gptkb:AEI_(Associated_Electrical_Industries)
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Marconi_plc
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Marconi_plc gptkb:Metrovick
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7