AEI Scientific Apparatus

The Scientific Apparatus Division of AEI, part of its Electronics Group

Presumably incorporated the Scientific and Testing Equipment work of Metrovicks

1960 The AEI Instrument Division included the Scientific Apparatus Department^[1]

1966 AEI Scientific Apparatus was a leader in the design of mass spectrometers and electron microscopes^[2]

1967 GEC acquired AEI

1968 Became part of GEC-Elliott Automation^[3]

1960 AEI Scientific Apparatus, in its factory at Harlow, completed the first commercial million-volt electron microscope to be built in Europe for delivery to the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwall^[4]

1969 The Division had 2 factories, at Manchester and Harlow; it was considered as a target for acquisition by Rank^[5]

Sources of Information

↑ The Times Jan. 6, 1960
↑ The Times, March 10, 1966
↑ The Times December 20, 1968
↑ The Times Oct. 3, 1969
↑ The Times Mar. 3, 1969

[1] The Times Jan. 6, 1960

[2] The Times, March 10, 1966

[3] The Times December 20, 1968

[4] The Times Oct. 3, 1969

[5] The Times Mar. 3, 1969

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Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

AEI Scientific Apparatus

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