General Electric Company plc

The General Electric Company plc (GEC) is a former great British industrial conglomerate, which was involved in consumer electronics and electronic systems for the defence industry and telecommunications. The company was once included in the FTSE 100 Index. In 1999, the company was renamed Marconi Corporation plc after the defensietak of the company merged with British Aerospace to BAE Systems. In 2005 Ericsson purchased most of Marconi plc and the company baptized to Telent. ==Timeline[ Edit] ==
 * 1886: founded by Hugo Hirst and Gustav Binswanger as General Electric Company Apparatus.
 * 1889: renamed General Electric Co., Ltd.
 * 1967: acquisition of Associated Electrical Industries
 * 1968: merger between General Electric Company plc and English Electric
 * 1989: Activities in the field of power engineering go about on the company Alstom.
 * 1995: acquisition of Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd
 * 1999: takeover of Kvaerner Govan shipyard
 * 1999: takeover in the us by the manufacturer of telecom products RELTEC and FORE Systems the internet company
 * 1999: Division of the British Aerospaceto defensietak, after which the rest to GEC Marconi Corporation plc is renamed.
 * 2005: Ericsson Marconi Corporation plc takes over