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Company type | Plc / subsidiary |
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Industry | Mechanical and electrical engineering |
Predecessor | English Electric-AEI Traction Limited |
Founded | 1972 |
Defunct | 1989 |
Fate | Subsumed within Alstom |
Successor | GEC Alsthom Traction Ltd, later Alstom Traction Ltd, later Alstom Transport |
Headquarters | Trafford Park, Manchester, England |
Key people | John Legg, Keith Appelbee (Managing Directors) |
Products | Railway traction equipment |
GEC Traction Limited was a British industrial company formed in 1972 which designed and manufactured electric traction equipment for railway rolling stock. The company had manufacturing sites at Manchester, Preston and Sheffield and was a wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric Company.