Nuclear Enterprises Ltd.

Title

Nuclear Enterprises Ltd.

Type

Company

Subject

Nuclear Enterprises

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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”)

Sources

“B. Lionel Funt, FCIC” L’actualité chimique Canadienne (September 1995): 58–59

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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