Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,639 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Astrium

From Graces Guide

Space technology company

1999 Launch of the venture involving the space business of Daimler Chrysler Aerospace (Dasa), Aerospatiale Matra and Marconi Electronic Systems[1]

2003 Renamed EADS Astrium

Astrium (a subsidiary of Airbus Group) is the largest space company in Europe and employs around 2,700 people in the UK. It has sites at Stevenage (1,200 employees), Portsmouth (1,400 employees) and Poynton (120 employees).[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Oct. 19, 1999
  2. Wikipedia