Nuclear Enterprises Ltd.
Title
Nuclear Enterprises Ltd.
Type
Company
Subject
Nuclear Enterprises
Image | Name | Function |
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Meter, beta-gamma survey | INSTRUMENT USED IN GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION TO DETECT & MEASURE RADIOACTIVITY,... | |
Analyser, time | USED TO REGULATE START AND END TIMES, REGULATE FREQUENCY, AND... | |
Analyser, pulse height | USED TO DETECT AND COUNT A PULSE OF ELECTRICITY OR... |
Begin Date
1950-01-01
End Date
1976-01-01
Location
550 Berry St., Winnipeg, MB (1964)
Product Areas
Nuclear
Medical
Laboratory
Activities
Designing
Supplying
Timeline
- 1950 – Founded as a spinoff from a research group at the University of Manitoba (“B. Lionel Funt, FCIC”)
- 1955 – Active, with 95% of its sales exported, and 12 employees. (“B. Lionel Funt, FCIC”)
- 1956 – Nuclear Enterprises (G.B.) is founded in Edinburgh, Scotland by R.W. Pringle. (“B. Lionel Funt, FCIC”)
- 1964 – Active at 550 Berry St., Winnipeg. (Fraser’s Canadian Trade Directory (1964))
- 1976 – Company employs 800 people with 100 of those in research & development. Had developed “a broad range of laboratory and medical instrumentation” including total body monitors and diagnostic ultrasound equipment. Company sells the founder’s interests to EMI. Shortly after this, the scintillation detection division of the company was operated separately as NE Technology. (“B. Lionel Funt, FCIC”)
- 1955 – Active, with 95% of its sales exported, and 12 employees. (“B. Lionel Funt, FCIC”)
- 1956 – Nuclear Enterprises (G.B.) is founded in Edinburgh, Scotland by R.W. Pringle. (“B. Lionel Funt, FCIC”)
- 1964 – Active at 550 Berry St., Winnipeg. (Fraser’s Canadian Trade Directory (1964))
- 1976 – Company employs 800 people with 100 of those in research & development. Had developed “a broad range of laboratory and medical instrumentation” including total body monitors and diagnostic ultrasound equipment. Company sells the founder’s interests to EMI. Shortly after this, the scintillation detection division of the company was operated separately as NE Technology. (“B. Lionel Funt, FCIC”)
Sources
“B. Lionel Funt, FCIC” L’actualité chimique Canadienne (September 1995): 58–59
Fraser’s Canadian Trade Directory (1964): 764, 769
Fraser’s Canadian Trade Directory (1964): 764, 769
Collection
Citation
“Nuclear Enterprises Ltd.,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed November 18, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/2418.
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