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British Aerospace vs Thorn Electrical Industries

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Thorn Electrical Industries is the older of the two, founded in 1928 — 49 years before British Aerospace.

Founded
1977
1928
Status
Closed 1999
Closed 1980
Headquarters
Farnborough, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
Industry
weapons industry
weapons industry
Founders
Not recorded
Jules Thorn
Legal form
joint-stock company
private company limited by shares
Website
bae.co.uk
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on British Aerospace and Thorn Electrical Industries.