Graseby
Graseby was a British engineering company.
History
As Graseby Instruments it made and refurbished naval sonar equipment. The company (00385807) was established on 25 February 1944.
On 1st January 1982 it merged with Pye Dynamics forming Graseby Dynamics and moved its operations to the latter's site in Bushey, Hertfordshire. Later it became part of Cambridge Electronic Industries plc, with Graseby Analytical, Graseby Ionics, and Graseby Security. Cambridge Electronic Industries changed its name to Graseby plc in January 1992, being situated on the A1307 in the south of Cambridge, next to Cambridge University Botanic Garden, at Botanic House.
In April 1988 Graseby Ionics won the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement for CAM, a hand-held chemical vapour monitor.
In May 1992 Graseby plc bought Intertest.
In 1997 it was bought for £126m by Smiths Industries.
Products
- Sonar equipment
- Torpedo decoys
- Gyroscopes for inertial navigation of guided missiles[1] in a gimbal system.
- Chemical agent monitors (Graseby Dynamics)
Structure
It was initially situated in Tolworth in south-west London. At this time before 1965, Tolworth was part of Surrey.[2] It was situated on the A3 near the junction with the A243.
Alumni
- Paul Lester, former Chief Executive from 1990-97
See also
- Graseby, a brand of syringe pumps of Smiths Medical
References
- 1944 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Companies based in Cambridge
- Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange
- Defence companies of the United Kingdom
- Defunct companies based in London
- Defunct manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom
- Electronics industry in London
- Manufacturing companies established in 1944
- Military sonar equipment of the United Kingdom
- Missile guidance
- Science and technology in Cambridgeshire
- Sonar manufacturers