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Racal

Racal Electronics plc was a British electronics company that was founded in 1950. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, Racal was a diversified company, offering products including voice recorders and data recorders, point of sale terminals, laboratory instruments and military electronics, including radio and…

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Founded
1950; 76 years ago (1950) (as Racal Ltd.)
Industry
Electronics
Headquarters
Weybridge, United Kingdom
Defunct
2000
Fate
Acquired by Thomson-CSF
Founder
Raymond Brown · George Calder Cunningham

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Racal

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples99
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
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related to Vodafone · 26
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related to Racal Telecoms · 12
Racal → BR, British Rail, British Rail Telecommunications, BRT, By, During, Government Data Network, In, Racal Telecoms, Racal-BRT, Railtrack, The
related to Break-up · 11
Racal → Four, In April, In June, Racal Defence Electronics Ltd, Racal Radar Defence Systems, Racal Radio, Racal Thorn, Racal's, Thorn EMI, Thorn Sensors Group, Three
related to Early years · 11
Racal → After, Berkshire, Bracknell, Ernest Harrison, George Calder Cunningham, Harrison, Isleworth, Middlesex, Racal Ltd, Raymond Brown, The
related to Racal Instrumentation · 9
Racal → Burnham, Consisted, Hythe, Racal Instruments, Racal Recorders, Racal Thermionics, Slough, Southampton, Thermionic Products
related to National Lottery · 6
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related to Decca Radar · 5
Racal → Decca Radar, In, Racal-Datacom, Racal-Decca, United States
related to Racal Vadic · 4
Racal → Another, Racal-Milgo, Racal-Vadic, The
related to Chubb Security · 3
Racal → Chubb, In, Willams Holdings
Founder · 2
Racal → George Calder Cunningham, Raymond Brown

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RacalDefunct20001.00infobox
RacalFateAcquired by Thomson-CSF1.00infobox
RacalFounded1950; 76 years ago (1950) (as Racal Ltd.)1.00infobox
RacalFounderRaymond Brown1.00infobox
RacalFounderGeorge Calder Cunningham1.00infobox
RacalHeadquartersWeybridge, United Kingdom1.00infobox
RacalIndustryElectronics1.00infobox
RacalKey peopleSir Ernest Harrison OBE (chairman)1.00infobox
RacalSuccessorThales plc1.00infobox
RacalTypePublic limited company1.00infobox
British Aerospaceinstance ofit was speculated that defence firms0.80text
Raytheon were likely to show interest in such a saleinstance ofit was speculated that defence firms0.80text

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