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.
10-434: George Kent may refer to: George Kent Ltd , a British engineering company Walter George Kent (1858–1938), chairman and managing director of George Kent Ltd George E. Kent (1920–1982), American professor of literature George P. Kent , American diplomat See also [ edit ] Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902–1942) Jacob & Youngs, Inc. v. Kent ,
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30-588: A manufacturer of electrical light and generators. After merging with Wenström's & Granström's Electrical Power Company ( Wenströms & Granströms Elektriska Kraftbolag ) the name was changed to Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget , literally the "General Swedish Electrical Limited Company", or ASEA for short. In 1987, it announced a merger with the Swiss company Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) to form ABB . The merge took effect on 1 January 1988. After this merger, ABB acquired several companies, including
40-480: A spinning transparent panel that provided visibility in wet weather. Kent also produced avionic equipment, including aircraft fuel gauges and fuel flow meters. ASEA Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget ( English translation: General Swedish Electrical Limited Company ; Swedish abbreviation: ASEA ) was a Swedish industrial company. ASEA was founded in 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm in Västerås as
50-699: 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 Instrument Company forming
60-532: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages George Kent Ltd 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
70-540: Is today the industrial giant ABB . Kent is maintained as a brand within ABB. Kent's breakthrough product was a knife sharpener, first available around 1850. Later products included an ice cabinet , being a well-insulated damp-proof box suitable for storing meat and dairy products; a miniaturised one appeared in Queen Mary's Dolls' House . Early Kent industrial products include water flow meters. The company motto
80-755: The George Kent Group . This was the UK's largest industrial instrument manufacturer. Tony Benn as Minister of Technology answered questions about the Cambridge Instruments takeover in Parliament . 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
90-487: 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
100-453: Was "From drops to rivers". Power cylinders were first manufactured in the 1950s in Luton. These are a type of linear actuator featuring a control loop where the position of the actuator is governed by some input pressure signal. Power cylinders continue to be manufactured, alongside similar linear actuators featuring digital control technology. Kent's produced the clear view screen ,
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