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'''General Electric Company''' (usually referred to by the acronym, '''GEC''') was a British conglomerate (not to be confused with the [[General Electric|American company of almost the identical name]]) in the electrical engineering field, principally of consumer items. In 1967, it acquired [[Associated Electrical Industries|AEI]]. It is the parent company of [[GEC Computers]].

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==Further reading==

* Robert Jones, Oliver Mariott, ''Anatomy of a Merger: A History of G.E.C., A.E.I. and English Electric'', Jonathan Cape, London, 1970 - mostly about the business aspects of the merger; little detail about the products

==External links==

* [https://elechistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sup083GECHistory.pdf GEC History] - covers the entire history, with some focus on the post-WWII period
* [https://archive.today/20130411022623/https://googledrive.com/host/0B-UggpdTDpJELVBCN0NjVW5Cem8/p47.htm The History of the General Electric Company up to 1900 – Part 1 – ''GEC Review'', Volume 14, No. 1, 1999]
* [https://archive.today/20130411013458/https://googledrive.com/host/0B-UggpdTDpJEVnlQTjNrYjZsQ28/p147.htm The History of the General Electric Company up to 1900 – Part 2 – ''GEC Review'', Volume 14, No. 2, 1999]
* [https://www.trevorwright.com/GEC/Roots/roots.html The Roots of GEC 1670–1999]
* [https://www.trevorwright.com/GEC/Archive/index.htmll The former GEC Archives Collection] – archived website

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 ==Further reading==
-* Robert Jones, Oliver Mariott, ''Anatomy of a Merger: A History of G.E.C., A.E.I. and English Electric'', Jonathan Cape, London, 1970 - mostly about the business aspects of the merger; little detail about the products
+* Robert Jones, Oliver Mariott, ''Anatomy of a Merger: A History of G.E.C., A.E.I. and English Electric'', Jonathan Cape, London, 1970 - mostly about the business aspects of the merger; little detail about the products (which are mostly not computer-related, anyway)
 ==External links==

General Electric Company - Revision history

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