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Ferranti
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Ferranti International PLC or simply Ferranti was a UK-based electrical engineering and equipment firm that operated for over a century, from 1885 until its bankruptcy in 1993. At its peak, Ferranti was a significant player in power grid systems, defence electronics, and computing, and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Ferranti International PLC
- Company.logo
- Ferranti International logo.svg
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.fate
- Bankrupt & broken up
- Company.successor
- GEC-Marconi, Matra Marconi Space
- Company.foundation
- (as Ferranti, Thompson and Ince); 1885 (as S.Z. de Ferranti); 1901 (as Ferranti Ltd)
- Company.defunct
- (the Belgian subsidiary lives on as Ferranti Computer Systems and as of 1994 is part of the Nijkerk Holding)
- Company.location
- Hollinwood, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
- Company.industry
- Electronics & Defence
- Company.key_people
- Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti
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- Commons category
- Ferranti
- inception
- 1882-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1993-00-00
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- Beginnings
- Expansion
- Defence electronics
- Industrial electronics
- Computers
- Semiconductors
- Acquisition of International Signal and Control
- Collapse
- Operations
- Current ownership of former Ferranti businesses
- Other uses of the Ferranti name
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Ferranti International PLC or simply Ferranti was a UK-based electrical engineering and equipment firm that operated for over a century, from 1885 until its bankruptcy in 1993. At its peak, Ferranti was a significant player in power grid systems, defence electronics, and computing, and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
The company had an extensive presence in the defense sector, manufacturing advanced cockpit displays, radar transmitters, inertial navigation systems, and avionics for military aircraft, including the Tornado fighter jet. It was a pioneer in computer technology, launching the Ferranti Mark 1 in 1951, one of the world's first commercially available computers.