| LC control no. | n 50049429 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | BBC Aktiengesellschaft Brown Boveri & Cie |
| Variant(s) | Aktiengesellschaft Brown, Boveri und Cie BBC AG Brown Boveri & Co. BBC Aktiengesellschaft Brown, Boveri und Cie BBC Brown Boveri BBC (Brown Boveri & Cie) Brown Boveri Brown, Boveri & Cie., A.-G. Brown, Boveri & Company, Limited |
| See also | Mergee: ASEA (Firm) Product of merger: ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. |
| Associated country | Switzerland |
| Field of activity | Electrical engineering--Equipment and supplies |
| Found in | BBC Nachrichten. Adressb. d. Schweiz, 1979/80: v. 1, p. 163 (BBC AG Brown Boveri & Co.; BBC Aktiengesellschaft Brown Boveri & Cie.) Brown Boveri Mitteilungen. English. The Brown Boveri review, Jan./Feb. 1937: t.p. (Brown, Boveri & Company, Limited); Dec. 1986: t.p. (BBC Brown Boveri) Information from 678 converted Dec. 16, 2014 (founded 1891) Wikipedia, April 22, 2025 (Brown, Boveri & Cie (Brown, Boveri & Company; BBC) a Swiss group of electrical engineering companies; founded in Baden bei Zürich in 1891 by Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown and Walter Boverie, who worked at the Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon; bcause of the limitations of the Swiss domestic market, Brown Boveri established subsidiaries throughout Europe relatively early in its history; in 1988 BBC merged with ASEA to form ABB, Asea Brown Boveri; the merger with ASEA, a company praised for its strong management, was expected to help Brown Boveri reorganize and reassert control over its vast international network) Wikipedia, April 22, 2025 (ASEA, Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget [General Swedish Electrical Limited Company]; a Swedish industrial company, founded in 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm in Västerås as a manufacturer of electrical light and generators; after merging with Wenström's & Granströms Elektriska Kraftbolag, the name was changed to Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget, or ASEA for short; in 1987 it announced a merger with the Swiss company Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) to form ABB, which took effect on 1 January 1988) |
| Not found in | ABB review, Jan. 1988: t.p. verso (ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.; an international company) |
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