Ferranti

Ferranti Limited was founded in 1885 by Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti British companies in the electrical industry.

The company presented at several locations in England (London, Manchester ) and Scotland (Aberdeen, Glasgow ) a wide range of electrical equipment manufactures ( ranging from electric stove to computers and radars ). Also, as a manufacturer of integrated circuits Ferranti occurred. Over the years, Ferranti established branches in many European countries (eg France, Germany, Italy, Belgium) and in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. To hold after the failed attempt on the American market, the company had such a large debt that it went bankrupt in 1994. Parts of the estate was taken over by the former British General Electric Company, many offices closed. The headquarters in Manchester and the German branch were taken over by the French Syseca.

The company produced from 1951 to Ferranti Mark I computer, and later in 1962 the Atlas computer, both in collaboration with the University of Manchester. In 1954 they acquired Packard Electric.

The company was known as electronic engineers mainly by the integrated circuit Ferranti ZN428, a simple, microprocessor compatible digital to analog converter.

Lasers and Photonics

1963 produced the division of certain components, the first European commercially available gas lasers. These activities went 1970 the company Ferranti Photonics Ltd.. forth. In 1974, the company with the Ferranti MF400 the first claims to CO2 industrial laser before. After the bankruptcy of the Ferranti Group subsidiary continued its operation. A management buy -out led in 1990 to the founding of Laser Ecosse Ltd. , Which filed for bankruptcy in 2000. 2005 also reported Ferranti Photonics bankrupt and was liquidated.