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Racal Electronics plc was a British defence electronics firm purchased by Thomson-CSF (now Thales Group) in 2000. Image File history File links Racal_logo. ...
Thomson-CSF was a major electronics and defense contractor. ...
The Thales Group is a global electronics company serving aerospace, defence, and information technology markets worldwide. ...
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Thomson-CSF was a major electronics and defense contractor. ...
The Thales Group is a global electronics company serving aerospace, defence, and information technology markets worldwide. ...
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History Racal was created in 1950 as Racal Ltd, the name being derived from the partners Raymond Brown and George Calder Cunningham. The first factory was located in Isleworth, West London. Although Racal had won a Royal Navy contract to build and supply a variant of the American Collins Model 51-J Radio Receiver, they were not granted a license to build these sets by Collins Inc. This meant that Racal had to design and build a radio receiver from scratch. The result was the justly famous 'RA17' - in production from 1955 to at least 1973 - designed in cooperation with Dr. Trevor Wadley and utilising his famed Wadley Loop circuit. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ...
Collins Radio was responsible for some of the most advanced radio receiving technology available between the 1940s and the 1970s. ...
Trevor Lloyd Wadley was a South African electrical engineer of the 20th century. ...
The Wadley Loop circuit was designed by Dr. Trevor Wadley in the 1940s and was first used for a stable Wavemeter. ...
In 1979, Racal bought Decca Radar forming Racal-Decca. This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Decca BridgeMaster II turning units and antennas aboard a BC Ferries vessel in British Columbia, Canada The Decca Company, a British gramophone manufacturer that, as Decca Records, released records under the Decca label, contributed to the British war effort during the Second World War. ...
In 1983, Racal competed for one of the original licences to operate a cellular network in the UK, both it and British Telecom were successful. Racal established the Racal Telecom (now Vodafone) subsidiary. In 1988, 20% of Racal Telecom was floated on the London Stock Exchange. This would lead to the situation where Racal Electronics was valued at less than its shareholding in Racal Telecom. Since a company which contained Chubb was clearly worth more than nothing, Sir Ernest Harrison (Racal Chairman) demerged Racal Telecom in October 1991 forcing a positive valuation on the rest of Racal (colloquially known in the City as "the rump"). Vodafone would later become the largest mobile network in the UK and the highest valued company on the FTSE 100. Immediately following the demerger, Williams Holdings launched a takeover bid for Racal. The bid, valued at £740m, failed. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
BT Group plc (which trades as just BT, and is commonly known by its former name, British Telecom) is the privatised former British state telecommunications operator. ...
Vodafone Group plc (LSE: VOD, NYSE: VOD, FWB:VOD) is a British mobile phone operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England, is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world by turnover, with equity interests in 26 countries and Partner Networks (networks in which it has no equity stake) in...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Financial Times Stock Exchange Index of 100 Leading Shares, or FTSE 100 Index (pronounced footsie), is a share index of the 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. ...
A takeover in business refers to one company (the acquirer) purchasing another (the target). ...
In 1984, Racal bought Chubb, a security company that manufactured safes and locks. In 1992, Chubb was demerged from Racal and was subsequently taken over by Willams Holdings in 1997 for £1.3bn. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Chubb Locks subsidiary of the Assa Abloy Group is a British manufacturer of high security locking systems for residential and commercial applications. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
Racal re-established a telecoms division with a major government contract in 1988 and the acquisition of British Rail Telecommunications in 1995. This division of the former nationalised industry owned telecoms infrastructure laid across the rail network. This telecoms division was sold to Global Crossing for £1 billion. Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...
Global Crossing Ltd. ...
In 1994, Camelot Group won the franchise to operate the UK National Lottery, Racal had a 22.5% share. After one of the founder shareholders, GTECH, was bought out by Camelot this stake increased to 26.67% which Thales continues to hold. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
Camelot Group plc is a private company which runs the UKs National Lottery, or Lotto. ...
In 1995 Racal expanded its defence businesses with the acquisiton of the Thorn Sensors Group from Thorn EMI, renamed Racal Thorn Wells. In 1998 all of Racal defence businesses were reorganised under Racal Defence Electronics Ltd: The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries. ...
- Racal Radar Defence Systems
- Racal Radio
- Racal Thorn
With the 2000 takeover Racal became Thomson-CSF Racal plc and later Thales plc with the renaming of the larger Thomson-CSF to Thales Group. The Thales Group is a global electronics company serving aerospace, defence, and information technology markets worldwide. ...
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