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Microsystems International (MIL)
| Microsystems International | |
| Type | subsidiary |
| Founded | March 29, 1969 Kanata, Ontario |
| Founder | Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company |
| Fate | Folded back |
| Defunct | 1975 |
| Headquarters | Kanata, Ontario |
Microsystems International, LTD. (MIL) was an early semiconductor manufacturing company. MIL manufactured wafers, integrated circuits, and various systems.
Microsystems International was formerly the Advanced Devices Centre of Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company. Northern Electric was then the manufacturing operation arm of Bell Canada. In 1969 Northern Electric spun it off as Microsystems International. Northern Electric owned 68.5% of MIL, Bell owned more than 20%. Due to overzealous spending of largely governmental funds and little management oversight, on November 8 of 1974 it was decided the company was to fold back into Northern Electric, later becoming part of Bell-Northern Research[1]. In 1975 MIL ceased to operate.
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References
- ↑ (1974, October 21) "Microsystem's misadventures prove costly". Ottawa Citizen, 72. Retrieved April 30, 2016, from https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xq4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ie0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1077%2C2047709.
Facts about "Microsystems International (MIL)"
| company type | subsidiary + |
| defunct | 1975 + |
| fate | Folded back + |
| founded | March 29, 1969 + |
| founded location | Kanata, Ontario + |
| founder | Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company + |
| full page name | microsystems international + |
| headquarters | Kanata, Ontario + |
| instance of | semiconductor company + |
| name | Microsystems International + |
| wikidata id | Q6839135 + |