in 1994 and then turned to Kværner FSSL. Kværner is now known as Aker Solutions Ferranti Computer Systems Service Department: This was acquired by the third party maintenance company ServiceTec. The regional Service Centres were rebranded as ServiceTec and all of the service engineers and management were taken on. The support of the Argus computers dominated activities although new (non-Argus) business was added to the regional centres. The repair centre at Cairo Mill also became part of the ServiceTec group, ultimately as a separate entity. Ferranti Semiconductors: Became Zetex Semiconductors after a management buyout in 1989. In 2008 it was acquired by Diodes Inc. Ferranti Photonics Ltd.: Independent, liquidated after bankruptcy in 2005 Other uses of the Ferranti name A number of uses of the Ferranti name remain in use. In Edinburgh, the Ferranti Edinburgh Recreation Club (FERC), the Ferranti Mountaineering Club and the Ferranti Ten-pin Bowling League are still in existence. While these organisations no longer have any formal ties with the companies which subsumed the Ferranti companies which operated in Edinburgh, they still operate under the old names. Ferranti Thistle F.C. was formed in 1943 and joined the Scottish Football League in 1974. Due to strict sponsorship rules it changed its name to Meadowbank Thistle F.C., and later to Livingston F.C. Denis Ferranti Meters Limited is still (2021) owned by a direct descendant of Sebastian de Ferranti but is not directly related to the major Ferranti corporation. The company has over 200 employees that manufacture BT's public phones, oil pumps for large industrial vehicles, electric motors for motorbility solutions, electronics, and small MOD equipment. References Further reading Halton, Maurice J. "The Impact of Conflict and Political Change on Northern Industrial Towns, 1890 to 1990, " MA Dissertation, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Manchester Metropolitan University September 2001 (PDF; 326 kB) External links Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester - Timeline of Ferranti's History Ferranti Scotland Apprentices 1970 Community Group Aircraft component manufacturers of the United Kingdom Avionics companies Companies based in Oldham Electronics companies established in 1885 Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange Defunct companies of the United Kingdom Defunct computer hardware companies Former defence companies of the United Kingdom Electrical engineering companies of the United Kingdom Electronics companies of the United Kingdom Missile guidance Radar manufacturers Science and technology in Greater Manchester History of science and technology in the United Kingdom 1885 establishments