Ferranti: Numerical Control Equipment

Luke Georghiou, J. Stanley Metcalfe, Michael Gibbons, Tim Ray and Janet Evans

Chapter 10 in Post-Innovation Performance, 1986, pp 156-164 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The development of Numerical Control (NC) Equipment by Ferranti’s Scottish Division was one of four areas of innovation that enabled the company to gain the Queen’s Award to Industry in 1967. In 1977 the Scottish Division became the Scottish Group, which is an independent trading organisation within Ferranti plc.

Keywords: Machine Tool; Numerical Control; Suspension Bridge; National Physical Laboratory; American Firm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-07455-6_15

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