Difference between revisions of "GEC Plessey Semiconductors"
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1994 Investment in the Plymouth plant announced<ref>The Times Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1994</ref> | 1994 Investment in the Plymouth plant announced<ref>The Times Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1994</ref> | ||
1996 After George Simpson took over as Managing Director of GEC, [[GEC Plessey Semiconductors]] was one of the businesses sold. | |||
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Revision as of 14:43, 21 February 2020
1990 Company launched, a subsidiary of GEC, the original plan to share ownership with Siemens having been dropped. Sites at Swindon, Plymouth, Lincoln and Oldham, and in America. Ex-Plessey business was about two-thirds of the total. The company would concentrate on high technology devices, being unable to compete effectively for the volume semiconductor business. About 120 staff expert in silicon technology would be transferred from the Caswell research centre to the factories to troubleshoot[1]
1994 Investment in the Plymouth plant announced[2]
1996 After George Simpson took over as Managing Director of GEC, GEC Plessey Semiconductors was one of the businesses sold.