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Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation of USA


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1944 US company Fairchild Aviation changed its name to '''Fairchild Camera and Instrument Co'''
1944 US company [[Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation|Fairchild Aviation]] changed its name to '''Fairchild Camera and Instrument Co'''


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1978 Announced JV with [[GEC]] to build micro-electronics in Britain<ref>The Times Saturday,  June 17, 1978</ref>
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c.1979 [[Schlumberger]] acquired the company.
 
1980 Fairchild pulled out of its proposed JV with [[GEC]] to build a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Cheshire.<ref>The Times Saturday,  July 5, 1980</ref>


1982 Part of [[Schlumberger]]
1982 Part of [[Schlumberger]]

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1982.

Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation of USA

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1944 US company Fairchild Aviation changed its name to Fairchild Camera and Instrument Co

1978 Announced JV with GEC to build micro-electronics in Britain[1]

c.1979 Schlumberger acquired the company.

1980 Fairchild pulled out of its proposed JV with GEC to build a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Cheshire.[2]

1982 Part of Schlumberger

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Saturday, June 17, 1978
  2. The Times Saturday, July 5, 1980