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1960 [[AEI]] reorganized | 1960 [[AEI]] reorganized its 3 operating businesses into product divisions, one of which was the [[AEI: Motor and Control Gear|Motor and Control Gear Division]]<ref>The Times Apr 22, 1960</ref> which was part of the Industrial Products Group. | ||
1967 [[GEC]] acquired [[AEI]]. Small motors had been produced at factories in Coventry, Blackheath/Birmingham, Newcastle under Lyme and Thorne/Doncaster. These were taken into [[GEC Light Industrial Products]] where they were associated with the [[Woods of Colchester|Woods]] fan business<ref>The Times July 30, 1968</ref> | 1967 [[GEC]] acquired [[AEI]]. Small motors had been produced at factories in Coventry, Blackheath/Birmingham, Newcastle under Lyme and Thorne/Doncaster. These were taken into [[GEC Light Industrial Products]] where they were associated with the [[Woods of Colchester|Woods]] fan business<ref>The Times July 30, 1968</ref> |
Latest revision as of 18:25, 1 February 2019
This is a subsection of AEI
Both of the main constituent companies made electric motors in a range of sizes:
1960 AEI reorganized its 3 operating businesses into product divisions, one of which was the Motor and Control Gear Division[1] which was part of the Industrial Products Group.
1967 GEC acquired AEI. Small motors had been produced at factories in Coventry, Blackheath/Birmingham, Newcastle under Lyme and Thorne/Doncaster. These were taken into GEC Light Industrial Products where they were associated with the Woods fan business[2]
1968 The acquisition of Keith Blackman was expected to strengthen the Light Industrial Products group's fan activities.