Everything about Siemens Plessey totally explained
Siemens Plessey was the name given to the
Plessey businesses acquired by
Siemens AG in 1989. Plessey, a British-based international electronics, defence and telecommunications company, was at the time the second largest defence electronics contractor to the
Ministry of Defence and the largest supplier of traffic control equipment.
In 1988 a full merger between Plessey and
GEC was rejected. Instead GEC and Plessey merged their communications businesses to form
GEC Plessey Telecommunications. In 1989 GEC and Siemens set up a joint
holding company, GEC Siemens plc, to launch a hostile takeover of Plessey. The division of Plessey between these two partners meant the deal met with little regulatory opposition. Siemens acquired Plessey's radar systems, defence systems and traffic control businesses.
The defence electronics operations became
Siemens Plessey Systems (commonly referred to as Siemens Plessey) and
Siemens Plessey Electronics Systems (Australia). In 1997 Siemens came to an agreement with
British Aerospace and
Daimler-Benz Aerospace for the takeover of its defence electronics unit, with BAe acquiring the UK operations and DASA acquiring the German part of the business, respectively.
Siemens Traffic Controls continues to operate as a unit of Siemens.
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