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      Sylvania started as Hygrade Sylvania Corporation when NILCO, Sylvania and Hygrade Lamp Company merged into one company in 1931. In 1939, Hygrade Sylvania started preliminary research on fluorescent technology, and later that year, introduced the first linear, or tubular, fluorescent lamp ever made. It was featured at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Sylvania was also a manufacturer of both vacuum tubes and transistors. In 1942, the company changed its name to Sylvania Electric Products Inc. In 1959, Sylvania Electronics merged with General Telephone to form General Telephone and Electronics (GTE) Through merger and aquisitions, the Company became a significant, but never dominating supplier...

  1926 Tulsemere manufacturing company founded in London, UK by Guy R. Fountain.   1928 Company changes its name to “TANNOY”, derived from the materials used in the manufacture of its rectifiers (Tantalum / Lead Alloy). Through the 1930’s TANNOY becomes established as one of the most innovative designers and manufacturers of loudspeaker systems and audio components.  Through the 1940’s TANNOY delivers public address systems for famous sporting and state events, as well as for the Ministry of Defense during the wartime. (Winston Churchill shown using a TANNOY public address system).  1946 “TANNOY” becomes synonymous with public address systems, and its name...

    1845 Gutta Percha Co. 1850 First cross channel telegraph cable. 1864 Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co. formed. 1866 First transatlantic telegraph cable installed. 1924 Invented and Patented 'MUMETAL®' high permeability alloy. 1938 First use of Telcothene for cable and sleeving. 1959 Purchased by BICC Ltd for cable manufacturing capability. 1989 Advent Venture Capital investment. 1998 Strategic divestment of Alloys business and focus on growth of magnetic components business. 2006 MBO resulting in total ownership by Management & Employees.  

   Around the turn of the 20th century, two groups of German researchers worked on the development of techniques for wireless communication. The one group at AEG, led by Adolf Slaby and Georg Graf von Arco, developed systems for the German Navy; the other one, under Karl Ferdinand Braun, at Siemens, for the German Army. When a dispute concerning patents arose between the two companies, Kaiser Wilhelm II urged both parties to join efforts, creating Gesellschaft für drahtlose Telegraphie System Telefunken ("The Company for Wireless Telegraphy Ltd.") joint venture on 27 May 1903, with the disputed patents and techniques invested...

    Telegraph Condenser Co (TCC), manufacturers of condensers and other electrical and electronic components, of Wales Farm Road, North Acton, London, W3. Telephone: Chiswick 4884. Cables: "Telefarad, Act, London". (1929) 1906 S. G. Brown formed the Telegraph Condenser Co to manufacture and market his inventions. 1929 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Condensers for wireless transmission and reception, telegraph, telephone, and cable work. Condensers for all smoothing purposes, including battery eliminators, mains units, and high frequency condensers of mica and paper dielectric. (Stand No. MM.46). 1933 The Telegraph Condenser Co expanded; the business was turned into a public company; Alice Brown...