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 162,240 pages of information and 244,492 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.

Cray Electronics Holdings

From Graces Guide

of Sheerwater, Woking (1989), maker of engineering, defence systems and equipment testing

1984 Company incorporated to acquire Cray Electronics plc. Listed on the London Stock Exchange

1985 Three divisions:[1]

  • Communications
  • Marine and Subsea
  • Services and Industrial Security

1985 Acquired Malvern Instruments[2]

1991 Failed in bid for SD-Scicon[3]

1992 Acquired travel business Autofile Ltd

1992 Sold Malvern Instruments to Burnfield[4].

1993 Acquired P-E International

1993 Wireless testing business launched

1996 Sold P-E International

1996 Company name changed to Anite Plc

2006 Company acquired network testing business Nemo


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Sources of Information

  1. 1985 Annual report
  2. The Times, Oct 30, 1985
  3. The Times Aug. 17, 1991
  4. The Times, June 27, 1992
  • Anite website [1]