Crosfield Electronics

{{Short description|Now defunct UK electronics company}}

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| name = Crosfield Electronics

| logo = Crosfield Electronics logo.svg

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| industry = Imaging

| founded = {{Start date and age|1947}} in London, England

| founder = {{ubl|John Crosfield|Dennis Bent}}

| defunct = {{End date|1996|11}}{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=January 1997 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/203291485/ | title=Fuji will buy Crosfield from partner, DuPont | journal=Graphic Arts Monthly | publisher=Reed Publishing | via=ProQuest|page=22|volume=69|issue=1}}

| fate = Acquired by Fujifilm

| successor = Fujifilm Electronic Imaging

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Crosfield Electronics was a British electronics imaging company founded by John Crosfield (1915 – 2012) and Dennis Bent in 1947{{cite news|url=http://www.printmonthly.com/News/Industry/1626/crosfield-when-britain-ruled?trk=profile_certification_title|title=Crosfield: When Britain ruled the world|last=McGarrigle|first=Pádraig|date=4 July 2013|work=Print Monthly|accessdate=11 September 2018}} to produce process imaging devices for the print industry. The firm was notable for its innovation in colour drum scanning in its Scanatron (1959) and later Magnascan (1969) products.{{cite book|last=Hunt|first=R W G|title=The Reproduction of Colour|url=https://archive.org/details/reproductionofco0000hunt|url-access=registration|quote=Crosfield drum scanner.|edition=6th|year=2004|publisher=Wiley|isbn=0470024259|page=[https://archive.org/details/reproductionofco0000hunt/page/526 526]}}{{cite news|url=http://www.printbusinessmedia.com/news/PrintBusiness84315.ink|title=John Crosfield, pioneer of scanning technolog, dies at 96|date=1 April 2012|work=Print Business|accessdate=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911114449/http://www.printbusinessmedia.com/news/PrintBusiness84315.ink|archive-date=11 September 2018|url-status=dead}}

The company was acquired by De la Rue in 1974.

The firm was eventually taken over by Fujifilm Japan and named Fujifilm Electronic Imaging, now FFEI Ltd. following a management buy-out in 2008.