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Company type | Public limited company |
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Industry | Engineering |
Founded | 1936 |
Defunct | 1998 |
Fate | Sold to IFR Systems Inc. in 1998, which was then acquired by Aeroflex in 2002. |
Successor |
IFR Systems Aeroflex |
Headquarters | St Albans, England, UK |
Key people | R. E. Burnett (managing director) [1] |
Products | Electronics |
Marconi Instruments Limited [2] (MI) was a British company, one of the Marconi group of companies, formerly part of GEC. Originally formed in 1936, [3] [1] there was a buyout of Marconi- Ekco Instruments to form the company Marconi Instruments in 1941.
The company was based in St Albans, [4] Colchester and Stevenage (where it eventually consolidated), all in southern England. Prior to the consolidation in Stevenage, its main site was at Longacres [5] on the eastern outskirts of St Albans, where it was the largest employer. There were four other sites, one at Hedley Road, one on Hatfield Road, St Albans ( Fleetville Works), one on the Donibristle Industrial Estate in Fife, Scotland and one at Luton Airport, Luton.
The company produced electronic test and measurement equipment and systems, [6] including automatic test equipment. [7] [8] [9] It was known for its extensive range of signal generators, from audio up to microwave frequencies. It also made oscilloscopes, voltmeters, spectrum analysers, frequency counters, function generators, component ( LCR) bridges, impedance analysers, power supplies, distortion analysers, moisture meters and logic analysers. The company operated an approved calibration and metrology laboratory for the electronics industry.[ citation needed]
Marconi Instruments was sold to IFR Systems Inc. in 1998, itself acquired by Aeroflex in 2002. [10] The name is no longer used.[ citation needed]
Companies with "Marconi" in their name can trace their ultimate origins, through mergers and takeovers, to The Marconi Company Ltd., founded by Guglielmo Marconi in 1897 as The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company.[ citation needed]
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Company type | Public limited company |
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Industry | Engineering |
Founded | 1936 |
Defunct | 1998 |
Fate | Sold to IFR Systems Inc. in 1998, which was then acquired by Aeroflex in 2002. |
Successor |
IFR Systems Aeroflex |
Headquarters | St Albans, England, UK |
Key people | R. E. Burnett (managing director) [1] |
Products | Electronics |
Marconi Instruments Limited [2] (MI) was a British company, one of the Marconi group of companies, formerly part of GEC. Originally formed in 1936, [3] [1] there was a buyout of Marconi- Ekco Instruments to form the company Marconi Instruments in 1941.
The company was based in St Albans, [4] Colchester and Stevenage (where it eventually consolidated), all in southern England. Prior to the consolidation in Stevenage, its main site was at Longacres [5] on the eastern outskirts of St Albans, where it was the largest employer. There were four other sites, one at Hedley Road, one on Hatfield Road, St Albans ( Fleetville Works), one on the Donibristle Industrial Estate in Fife, Scotland and one at Luton Airport, Luton.
The company produced electronic test and measurement equipment and systems, [6] including automatic test equipment. [7] [8] [9] It was known for its extensive range of signal generators, from audio up to microwave frequencies. It also made oscilloscopes, voltmeters, spectrum analysers, frequency counters, function generators, component ( LCR) bridges, impedance analysers, power supplies, distortion analysers, moisture meters and logic analysers. The company operated an approved calibration and metrology laboratory for the electronics industry.[ citation needed]
Marconi Instruments was sold to IFR Systems Inc. in 1998, itself acquired by Aeroflex in 2002. [10] The name is no longer used.[ citation needed]
Companies with "Marconi" in their name can trace their ultimate origins, through mergers and takeovers, to The Marconi Company Ltd., founded by Guglielmo Marconi in 1897 as The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company.[ citation needed]