Word: plessey
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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...mammoth (fiscal 1966 sales: $238 million) by breaking a light-bulb monopoly in the '30s. Later, he expanded by absorbing such competitors as Marconi, British Philco, and Ultra Radio and Television. Through Pye, Thorn hopes to move into telecommunications, now dominated in Britain by the likes of Plessey and General Electric (which has no connection with the U.S. company of the same name...