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The Companies that made GEM 80 at Kidsgrove, Stoke on Trent, England.

1979 GEC Industrial Controls launch the GEM 80 PLC system.

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1989 GEC Industrial Controls becomes CEGELEC.

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1999 CEGELEC becomes part of Alstom Power Conversion.

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2006 The ALSTOM Power Conversion group was sold off from ALSTOM to become an independent business called Converteam.

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2011 Converteam was bought by GE Energy and was rebranded GE Power Conversion in 2012.

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March 2017 GE Power Conversion close the “GEM 80 factory” at Kidsgrove.

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