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  Amperex of 79 Washington Street in Brooklyn, New York Amperex were acquired by the giant Dutch firm, Phillips in 1955 or so. Phillips continued to enlarge the transmitting valve plant in New York, but also used the Amperex name to distribute their line of Dutch made B9A valves, (ECC81 82 83) to feed the booming U.S. Hi-Fi market. and many classic American hifi brands such as Marantz, Fisher, Scott, amongst others, owe a large part of their quality sound to Amperex valves.    Amperex took a key role in developing the ECF82; E88CC and 7308 frame grid tubes in 1958....

Herbert Terry of Redditch, Worcestershire. Telephone: Redditch 61 (6 lines). Telegraphic Address: "Springs, Redditch". (1937) Established 1855. 1900s Herbert Terry, the founder of Herbert Terry and Sons, began a winding spring business in a terraced house in Redditch in the early 1900s, which very quickly progressed to Terry acquiring its first premises. 1913 Private company. 1917 Advert for spring and presswork.  1919 Advert for spring and presswork service. 1932 George Carwardine, an automotive engineer by trade, began developing a light which involved the balancing of an incandescent light bulb in three planes of movement. 1933 George took the designs of his lamp...

  Armstrong Wireless and Television Ltd was started in 1932 by Claude Jackson in Camden Town, London.  He named the company after  his favourite car, the Armstrong Siddeley and abbreviated the name to just Armstrong. Following a period of business expansion, the company moved to larger premises in Holloway, London and commenced manufacture of televisions using a new 9-inch tube, however, WW2 put paid to the commercialisation of that line. During the second world war the factory was used for making the 'J Tube' - a vital part of incendiary devices. They also repaired radios and produced  public address systems for factoriesOnce the war ended,...

AVO of London 1923 Private company formed 1957 Became public company 1961 Manufacturers of electrical, electronic and nucleonic measuring instruments and coil winding machines. 700 employees.

Belling of Bridge Works, Enfield, Middlesex. Telephone: Enfield 1123 (6 lines). Telegraphic Address: "Belling, Enfield". (1937) Also at Burnley, Lancs. 1884 Charles Reginald Belling was born at Bodmin, Cornwall. He served an apprenticeship in electrical engineering with Crompton and Co of Chelmsford. He subsequently joined the staff of Ediswan at Ponders End. 1912 He started his own business in Lancaster Road, Enfield, manufacturing electric heaters. 1913 He acquired additional factory space at Derby Road, Edmonton. The range of products widened to include electric water heaters (1913) electric cookers (1919) and immersion heaters (1920). 1924 A new purpose-built factory was opened...