Compagnie Générale d’Electricité

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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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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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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