Compagnie Électro-Mécanique
| Compagnie Électro-Mécanique | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1895 |
| resolution | 1983 |
| Reason for dissolution | Sale to Alstom |
| Seat |
Paris France
|
| Branch | Electrical engineering |
The Compagnie Électro-Mécanique ( CEM ) was a French subsidiary of the Swiss electrical engineering company Brown, Boveri & Cie. Founded in 1895 . (BBC). The company had factories in Le Bourget , Lyon and Le Havre and was taken over by Alstom in 1983 .
history
BBC founds a French subsidiary in 1895. In 1911 it was taken over by the French subsidiary of Alioth , which operated a factory for electric motors in Lyon . In 1920 the French subsidiary was taken over by Westinghouse Electric . In 1955, CEM participated together with Petrier, Tissot & Raybaud in a joint venture for the construction of low-voltage devices under the name Petercem. The company was taken over by the BBC in 1983. After the bankruptcy of the General Electric subsidiary in France in 1956, it was re-established in 1957 under the management of Sécheron as the Nouvelle Compagnie Générale d'Électricité de Nancy and taken over by CEM in 1967. In 1972 the French subsidiary of the former machine works Oerlikon was integrated into CEM, in 1973 the Compagnie industrial de matériel de transport (CIMT) and in 1976 the transformer manufacturer Laborde & Kupfer . In 1977 the steam turbine and large generator factory in Le Bourget was ceded to Alstom, and in 1985 the rest of CEM was taken over by Alstom.
Products
The company was active in a wide range of electrical engineering. The main products were DC and AC motors, generators, steam turbines, transformers and electrical equipment for electric and diesel locomotives , trolleybuses, and household appliances .
Individual evidence
- ^ Compagnie Electro-Mécanique. In: Scriponet. Retrieved May 11, 2016 .
- ^ Compagnie Électro-Mécanique. In: america.pink. Retrieved May 11, 2016 .