Ferranti
| Ferranti
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1905 |
| resolution | 1994 |
| Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
| Seat | Hollinwood ( Oldham , Lancashire ) |
| Branch | Electrical industry |
Ferranti Limited was a British electrical engineering company founded in 1885 by Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti .
The company manufactured a wide range of electrical equipment (from electric cookers to computers and radars) at several locations in England ( London , Manchester ) and Scotland ( Aberdeen , Glasgow ). Ferranti also appeared as a manufacturer of integrated circuits . Over the years Ferranti has established branches in many European countries (e.g. France, Germany, Italy, Belgium) and in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. After the failed attempt to gain a foothold in the American market, the company had so large liabilities that it went bankrupt in 1994 . Parts of the bankruptcy estate were taken over by the former English General Electric Company , and many branches were closed. The headquarters in Manchester and the German branch were taken over by the French Syseca .
The company produced the Ferranti Mark I computer from 1951 and later the Atlas computer from 1962 , both in collaboration with the University of Manchester . Packard Electric was acquired in 1954 .
The company was best known among electronics engineers for its integrated Ferranti ZN428 circuit, a simple, microprocessor-compatible digital-to-analog converter .
Lasers and Photonics
In 1963, the special components division produced the first commercially available European gas laser . From these activities in 1970 the company Ferranti Photonics Ltd. emerged. In 1974 the company introduced the first claims to CO with the Ferranti MF400 2 - Industrial laser ago. After the Ferranti group went bankrupt, the subsidiary continued to operate. A management buy-out led to the establishment of Laser Ecosse Ltd. in 1990 . , which filed for bankruptcy in 2000. In 2005 Ferranti Photonics also filed for bankruptcy and was liquidated.
Web links
- Ferranti Online Museum , Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester
- Early newspaper articles on Ferranti in the 20th Century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ferranti Online Museum, Timeline (Engl.)
- ↑ _http: //www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx? Cat = 422-199610_3 & cid = -1 # -1
- ↑ Presentation of the AILU Award to David Dyson ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed August 1, 2011
- ↑ Downturn in Scottish optronics industry claims another victim , April 13, 2005 The Herald, accessed online 1 August 2011
- ^ Company data rex , accessed August 1, 2011
- ↑ Laser Industry Report ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , June 1, 2005
