Elliott Brothers (computer company)

In 1966 the company established an integrated circuit design and manufacturing facility in Glenrothes, Scotland, followed by a metal–oxide semiconductor (MOS) research laboratory.

In the 1850s the company began manufacturing electrical instruments, which were used by researchers such as James Clerk Maxwell and others.

In 1893, the instrument making company Theilers joined Elliotts, with W. O. Smith and G. K. E. Elphinstone as managers.

One of the main products at this site was naval gunnery tables, which were mechanical analog computers, which were manufactured until after World War II.

Siemens Brothers had sold their interest in the company, and a new director, Leon Bagrit, was instrumental in rebuilding and redirecting the firm into new areas.

This laboratory was the site of development of radar systems for the Government, and in 1947 produced a stored-program digital computer.

The remainder of Elliott Automation which produced aircraft instruments and control systems, was retained by English Electric.

It evolved its proprietary EMPRENT, an early program evaluation and review technique (PERT) planning system used in building North Sea oil platforms, and for the BAC TSR-2.

Developments for the cancelled TSR-2 were later incorporated into multirole combat aircraft (MRCA), which finally became the Panavia Tornado.

EASAMS senior management was highly conservative, and a number of innovative engineers working on 'private venture' projects such as Hierarchical Object-Oriented Design (HOOD) and Ada language development left to form their own firms.