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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Music, video, defence equipment |
| Founded | 1979 with the merger of Thorn Electrical Industries and The EMI Group |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Fate | Demerged and subsequently broken up |
| Headquarters | London , England |
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| Subsidiaries | EMI |
Thorn EMI was a major British company involved in consumer electronics, music, defence and retail. Created in October 1979, when Thorn Electrical Industries merged with EMI, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It demerged back to separate companies in 1996.