The General Precision Equipment Corporation was a major manufacturing company involved in the defense and space industries as well educational products and control devices for consumer goods. General Precision, Inc., was the principal operating subsidiary of General Precision Equipment Corp. headquartered in
Tarrytown, New York
Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, approximately north of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a stop on the Metro-North ...
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Librascope
Librascope was a Glendale, California, division of General Precision, Inc. (GPI). It was founded in 1937 by Lewis W. Imm to build and operate theater equipment, and acquired by General Precision in 1941. During World War II it worked on improvin ...
, founded in 1937 by Lewis W. Imm to build and operate theater equipment, was acquired by General Precision in 1941. During World War II it worked on improving aircraft load balancing. In the mid-1950s it went on to become an early digital computer manufacturer. In 1954 GPE purchased
Griscom-Russell. In 1955 GPE Corporation purchased the
Kearfott Company. In 1968 GPE Corporation was purchased by the
Singer Company
Singer Corporation is an American manufacturer of consumer sewing machines, first established as I. M. Singer & Co. in 1851 by Isaac Singer, Isaac M. Singer with New York lawyer Edward Cabot Clark, Edward C. Clark. Best known for its sewing ma ...
. In 1987 Kearfott was split, the
Kearfott Guidance & Navigation Corporation
Kearfott is a defense equipment manufacturer founded in 1918 in New Jersey, United States. It is based in Woodland Park. Today the electronics division is part of BAE Systems, while the remaining Kearfott Guidance & Navigation division is a subsid ...
was sold to the
Astronautics Corporation of America
Astronautics Corporation of America (ACA) was established in 1959 and is a US supplier, designer, and manufacturer of avionics equipment to airlines, governments, commercial and defense aircraft manufacturers, and other avionics systems integrator ...
in 1988 and the Electronic Systems Division was purchased by
GEC-Marconi in 1990 and renamed GEC-Marconi Electronic Systems.
Companies based in Westchester County, New York
Tarrytown, New York
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