Compagnie Générale d’Electricité

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electronics company industrial conglomerate telecommunications equipment company

Compagnie Générale d’Electricité was a major French industrial and electronics conglomerate that played a central role in the country’s telecommunications and electrical engineering sectors during much of the 20th century.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Compagnie Générale d’Électricité	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electronics company ⓘ industrial conglomerate ⓘ telecommunications equipment company ⓘ
activeDuring	20th century ⓘ
areaServed	Africa ⓘ Europe ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dissolved	1991 ⓘ
foundedBy	Pierre-Marie Durand NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	CGE ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Paris ⓘ
inception	1898 ⓘ
industry	defence industry ⓘ electrical engineering ⓘ electronics ⓘ power systems ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	French ⓘ
locationCountry	France ⓘ
mergedInto	Alcatel Alsthom ⓘ
nativeName	Compagnie Générale d’Electricité self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Compagnie Générale d’Électricité
notableSubsidiary	Alcatel ⓘ Alcatel Alsthom ⓘ surface form: Alsthom Alcatel ⓘ surface form: CIT-Alcatel
operatedAs	diversified industrial group ⓘ
operatedInSector	energy and power distribution ⓘ industrial automation ⓘ public telecommunications infrastructure ⓘ transportation systems ⓘ
predecessorOf	Alcatel ⓘ Alcatel ⓘ surface form: Alcatel-Lucent Nokia ⓘ surface form: Nokia (through Alcatel-Lucent acquisition)
product	defence electronics ⓘ electrical equipment ⓘ power generation equipment ⓘ railway signalling systems ⓘ telecommunications equipment ⓘ
role	central actor in French electrical engineering sector ⓘ key player in French telecommunications infrastructure ⓘ major supplier to French state-owned utilities ⓘ
sharesTradedAs	CGE ⓘ
shortName	CGE ⓘ
significantEvent	merger with Alcatel ⓘ
successor	Alcatel ⓘ Alcatel Alsthom ⓘ Alcatel ⓘ surface form: Alcatel-Lucent

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alcatel → formerName → Compagnie Générale d’Electricité ⓘ

Alcatel → foundedAs → Compagnie Générale d’Electricité ⓘ

Thomson SA → foundedBy → Compagnie Générale d’Electricité ⓘ

Compagnie Générale d’Electricité → nativeName → Compagnie Générale d’Electricité self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Compagnie Générale d’Électricité