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George Kent Ltd
Founded in 1838, George Kent Ltd was initially a manufacturer of household gadgets, then a manufacturer of munitions during World War One, and became the largest British manufacturer of instruments for industrial control systems, prior to its acquisition by Brown Boveri in 1974.
The company was founded in 1838.
The company was incorporated as a limited company in 1907, and was managed by the founder's son Walter George Kent.
During World War One, Kents had a factory in Luton with over 3,000 workers, mostly munitionettes, in this case producing fuses for artillery shells. They were producing 140,000 shell fuses a week. After the war, this grew to 5,000 workers.
George Kent grew to have significant reach worldwide, including establishing a subsidiary in Malaysia in 1936. Currently, as an independent organisation, the Malaysian company George Kent provide engineering and metering solutions in South-East Asia, with a diverse set of activities including the integration of railways and the manufacture of water meters.
In 1968, George Kent Ltd acquired Fielden Electronics and Cambridge Scientific Instruments forming the George Kent Group. This was the UK's largest industrial instrument manufacturer. Tony Benn as Minister of Technology answered questions about the backing the British Government had given George Kent in the Cambridge Scientific Instruments takeover in Parliament. The support gave the Government a 24% interest in the company. The Rank Organisation, a rival bidder for Cambridge Scientific Instruments, also acquired an almost 18% interest in the company at the time.
Fielden Electronics of Wythenshawe, Manchester produced a data recorder known as the Servograph and a capacitance-sensing proximity meter alongside a variety of scientific instruments and process control devices. These included the bikini temperature controller, a temperature recorder, and the E296 level controller.
An acquisition in 1974 of George Kent Group by Swiss instrument company Brown Boveri caused a rename to Brown Boveri Kent. At the same time, the company Scientific and Medical Instruments was spun-out which eventually became Cambridge Instrument Company, resurrecting that brand. Brown Boveri eventually merged with ASEA and is today the industrial giant ABB. Kent is maintained as a brand within ABB.
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George Kent Ltd
Founded in 1838, George Kent Ltd was initially a manufacturer of household gadgets, then a manufacturer of munitions during World War One, and became the largest British manufacturer of instruments for industrial control systems, prior to its acquisition by Brown Boveri in 1974.
The company was founded in 1838.
The company was incorporated as a limited company in 1907, and was managed by the founder's son Walter George Kent.
During World War One, Kents had a factory in Luton with over 3,000 workers, mostly munitionettes, in this case producing fuses for artillery shells. They were producing 140,000 shell fuses a week. After the war, this grew to 5,000 workers.
George Kent grew to have significant reach worldwide, including establishing a subsidiary in Malaysia in 1936. Currently, as an independent organisation, the Malaysian company George Kent provide engineering and metering solutions in South-East Asia, with a diverse set of activities including the integration of railways and the manufacture of water meters.
In 1968, George Kent Ltd acquired Fielden Electronics and Cambridge Scientific Instruments forming the George Kent Group. This was the UK's largest industrial instrument manufacturer. Tony Benn as Minister of Technology answered questions about the backing the British Government had given George Kent in the Cambridge Scientific Instruments takeover in Parliament. The support gave the Government a 24% interest in the company. The Rank Organisation, a rival bidder for Cambridge Scientific Instruments, also acquired an almost 18% interest in the company at the time.
Fielden Electronics of Wythenshawe, Manchester produced a data recorder known as the Servograph and a capacitance-sensing proximity meter alongside a variety of scientific instruments and process control devices. These included the bikini temperature controller, a temperature recorder, and the E296 level controller.
An acquisition in 1974 of George Kent Group by Swiss instrument company Brown Boveri caused a rename to Brown Boveri Kent. At the same time, the company Scientific and Medical Instruments was spun-out which eventually became Cambridge Instrument Company, resurrecting that brand. Brown Boveri eventually merged with ASEA and is today the industrial giant ABB. Kent is maintained as a brand within ABB.
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