Kelvin Hughes
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| Industry | Defence Security Maritime |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Headquarters | 6 Mollison Avenue Enfield UK |
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Number of locations
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5 Offices 5 Countries |
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Key people
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Russell Gould, CEO, Spike Hughes, Sales & Marketing Director |
| Products | SharpEye radar |
| Parent | ECI Partners |
| Website | www |
Kelvin Hughes is a British company specialising in the design and manufacture of navigation and surveillance systems and a supplier of navigational data to both the commercial marine and government marketplace.
The company provides radar systems to navies, governments, coastlines, ports and VTS installations as well as radars for land based security and surveillance applications.
Innovations and products include the first Type Approved commercial radar in 1947, the first paper chart tracing service in 1971, and SharpEye a solid state radar with clutter management and Doppler processing capabilities.
Kelvin Hughes Ltd is one of the longest established instrument manufacturers in the world and has unbroken links traceable to the 18th century.
The Kelvin connection is based upon the highly productive professional relationship between William Thomson (later-Lord Kelvin) (1824–1907), Professor of Natural Philosophy at Glasgow University from 1846–1899 and James White (1824–1884), a Glasgow-based Optical Instrument Maker. White's association with Thomson lasted until he died, but without any legal deeds of co-partnership White bore the financial risks of their working partnership.
James White founded the firm of James White, Optician and Philosophical Instrument Makers in Glasgow in 1850 and was involved in the supply and maintenance of apparatus for Thomson's university laboratory and worked with him on experimental constructions. By 1854, White was producing electrical instruments such as electrometers and electrical balances from Thomson's designs.
William Thomson was appointed a director of the Atlantic Telegraph Company in 1856 and in 1858 was 'electrician' on HMS Agamemnon that laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable. Unfortunately this cable was destroyed in a storm.
In 1857, White entered into a short-lived partnership, White & Barr, with John Barr. The partnership lasted until 1860 when it was dissolved and White reverted to his previous company name of James White. White was declared bankrupt in August 1861, and then discharged four months later.
In 1866 the Great Eastern laid the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable and Thomson was knighted. During this time White was involved in the production of sophisticated sounding machinery that Thomson had designed to address problems encountered in laying cables at sea, helping to make possible the first transatlantic cable connection. At the same time, he continued to make a whole range of more conventional instruments such as microscopes, telescopes and surveying equipment.
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