9 8.0 IN WAR _ AS IN PEACE ~ IHE GENERAL ELectrIC co- LTD: OF ENG LAN IN THE FOREFRONT OF ELECTRICAL PROGRESS Electification Schessees GE.C: Electrification Before the war, G.EC. electrical equipment was Schemes have been applied t0 all industries, including: installed on ships for every class of service. Many Aircraft Factories 8 Chem ical Works ; Collieries ; important vessels, including turbo-electric luxury Food Factories; Gold liners, electrical self-discharging cargo vessels and Mines ; Iron, Steel and Copper Works; Locomotive diesel-electric tugs and ferries, were completely and Railway Carriage and equipped by the G.EC. leaders in British elec- Wagon Works ; Motor Car Works ; Ships and Ship- trical manufacture. During the war there has yards ; Textile Mills ; Oil Fields and Refineries; etc , probably not been a British ship of war or cargo etc: vessel built without some G EC: electrical equip- ment. The GEC. serves every essential industry in a similar way, and the magnitude of such a task has: necessitated a complete reversal from peacetime production to war priorities. Changes in design and technique have been constant; and these will have far-reaching effects in the future_ When peace returns, the Company S experience, embracing every; application of electricity, including the important one of electronics, will be at the disposal of all concerned with reconstruction. Nz. Representattve: BRITISH CENERAL ELECTRIC Co. LTD. WELLINGTON; AUCKLAND, CHRISTCHURCH; DUNEDIN: 8.44
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 269, 18 August 1944, Page 3
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