Elliott Automation Group was the holding company for a collection of companies involved in process control and automation including a company active in the development of computers in the 1950s–60s in the United Kingdom. It originated as a firm of instrument makers Elliott Bros founded in London around 1800.
- 1950 Elliott Automation formed.
- 1957 Elliott Automation issued shares to the shareholders of Elliott Brothers and Associated Automation to effect a merger of the 2 companies, forming 'the largest automation and instrumentation company in Europe'. [[Elliott Brothers] continued to exist as a subsidiary company of Elliott Automation Group[1]. Leon Bagrit became deputy chairman and managing director.
- 1967 Elliott Automation merged with the English Electric Co; the first deal arranged by the Industrial Reorganization Corporation.
- In 1968 the computer activities of this group were taken over by International Computers and Tabulators (ICT), encouraged by the British Government who believed that the U.K. required a strong national computer company. The combined company was called International Computers Ltd (ICL).
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- ↑ The Times, 8 October 1957
[1] Wikipedia