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{{Short description|Electronics and defence contractor}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox company | name = Thomson-CSF | logo = THOMSON-CSF.png | logo_size = 200px | type = [[S.A. (corporation)|Société Anonyme]] | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = [[Thales Group]] | foundation = {{Start date and age|1968}} | founder = | defunct = {{End date and age|2000}} | location_city = [[La Défense]] | location_country = France | location = | locations = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | industry = [[Aerospace]] <br> [[Defense industry|Defence]] <br> [[Electronics]] | products = [[Avionics]], [[radio]]s, [[radar]]s and more | services = | market cap = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | footnotes = | website = {{URL|www.thomson-csf.com}} }} '''Thomson-CSF''' was a French company that specialized in the development and manufacture of [[electronics]] with a heavy focus upon the [[aerospace]] and [[defence (military)|defence]] sectors of the market. Thomson-CSF was formed in 1968 following the merger of [[Hotchkiss-Brandt|Thomson-Houston-Hotchkiss-Brandt]] with the [[Compagnie Générale de Télégraphie Sans Fil]] (''General Wireless Telegraphy Company'', commonly abbreviated as ''CSF''), these two companies being the source of the name ''Thomson-CSF''. It operated as an electronics specialist on products such as [[broadcasting]] equipment, [[Acoustical engineering#Electroacoustics|electroacoustics]], [[shortwave radio]] sets, [[radar]] systems and [[television]]. During the 1970s, it began manufacturing [[Telephone exchange|backend telephony]] equipment, [[semiconductor]]s and [[medical imaging]] apparatus. It also entered into large deals outside of the domestic market, acquiring considerable business in the [[Middle East]]. During the late 1980s, Thomson-CSF, anticipating defence spending cutbacks, conducted a radical business restructuring, merging its semiconductor interests with those of the [[Italy|Italian]] defence group [[Finmeccanica]] and exchanging its medical imaging technology for [[General Electric]]'s consumer electronics businesses. In the latter decades of operation, it built itself into a [[multinational corporation]]. During 1989, it acquired [[Philips]]' defence electronics business, [[Thales Nederland|Hollandse Signaalapparaten B.V]]. In 1999, the company was [[privatised]], but not before divesting its consumer electronics businesses. Shortly after, it took over the British defence electronics company [[Racal|Racal Electronics]]. In December 2000, Thomson-CSF was rebranded [[Thales Group]].
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