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1930-present (2010), manufacturer food, beverages, cleaning and personal care products, England

Unilever PLC

1930
1930s-1978, manufacturer of uniforms and helmets, England

J Compton Sons and Webb Limited

1930 - 1978
1931-1992, typefounding machinery and typeface design, British

The Monotype Corporation Limited

1931 - 1992
active 1944-1954, laboratory apparatus & instrument maker, London, England

W and J George and Becker Limited

1910 - 1954
active 1948-1969, optical instrument maker (spectroscopes etc.), London, England

Hilger and Watts Limited

1948 - 1969
1938-c.2000, radio and television manufacturer, Berkshire, England

Decca Radio and Television Limited

1938 - 2000
1932-1986, radio and television receiver manufacturer, London

Bush Radio Limited

1932 - 1986
1935-2008, electrical equipment designer and manufacturer: uses Panasonic as brand name, Japan

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

1935 - 2008
1949-1977, audio equipment manufacturer, England

Ferrograph

1949 - 1977
1937-1996, entertainment conglomerate, Britain

Rank Organisation

1937 - 1996
1929-1962, radio and television manufacturers, England

Murphy Radio Limited

1929 - 1962
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935
1947-1966, marine and aero navigation instrument designer; manufacturer, British

Kelvin and Hughes Limited

1947 - 1966
1948-1977, goldsmiths, assayers and photographic chemists, Hendon

Johnsons of Hendon Limited

1948 - 1972
1936-1999, plastics manufacturer (optics), London, Slough; England, British

Combined Optical Industries Limited

1936 - 1999
1932-1964, camera maker, New York

Universal Camera Corporation

1932 - 1964
active 1930-1942, camera manufacturer, London, England

Ensign Ltd

1930 - 1942
1931-1979, recording & consumer electrical/electronic goods manufacturer, United Kingdom

Electric and Musical Industries Limited

1931 - 1979
1935-1996, cine projector manufacturer, Nuremburg

Noris Projektor

1935 - 1996
1936-c.1973, public address systems manufacturer, Wimbledon, England

Vortexion Ltd

1936 - 1973
1931-1972, petroleum oil marketing, London, England, British

Shell-Mex and BP Limited

1931 - 1972
1943-2004, manufacturer of cryptographic and photographic equipment, Switzerland

Gretag AG

1943 - 2004
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena, Jena

1905 - 1964
1945-1985, manufacturer of electronic equipment (acoustic devices), United Kingdom

Dawe Instruments Limited

1945
1936-1969, camera manufacturer, Ann Arbor

Argus Camera Company

1936
1945-1978, manufacturer of cathode ray tubes, optic and radiation sensors, England

Twentieth Century Electronics Limited

1945 - 1978
1929-2004, cosmonaut, Chuvashia

Nikolayev, Andriyan

1929 - 2004
1951-1961, lens, camera and film manufacturer, London

Ross-Ensign Ltd

1904 - 1961
1932-1997, aerospace and weapons manufacturer, United States, American

Hughes Aircraft Company

1932 - 1997
1949-1983, camera manufacturer, Japan

Yashica

1949 - 1983
1935-1977, manufacturer, England, British

Hawker Siddeley

1935 - 1977
1944-current (2022), audio and video recording & data management and storage, California, USA

Ampex Corporation

1944
1934-c.1989, battery and radio manufacturer, Britain

Vidor Limited

1934 - 1989
1942-2018, physicist, British

Stephen Hawking

1942 - 2018
1935-c.1981, television component and vacuum tube manufacturer, Cambridge, England

Cathodeon Ltd.

1935 - 1981
active 1930-1997, pharamcuetical manufacturer, British

Bencard Pharmaceuticals Limited

1930 - 1997
1946-1968, manufacturer of balances, London, England

Stanton Instruments Limited

1946 - 1968
1943-1948, manufacturer of aircraft and ballpoint pens, Reading, England

Miles Aircraft Co

1943 - 1948
1940s-1960s, sound equipment manufacturer, London

Lustraphone

1949 - 1969
Professor

Stephen William Hawking

1942 - 2018
1949-2003, manufacturer of optics and imaging equipment, Japan

Olympus Optical Company Limited

1949 - 2003
1931-1992, artist, English; British

Edna Lumb

1931 - 1992
1930-1998, manufacturer, Sheffield

Firth Brown Steels

1930 - 1998
1947-1990s; aircraft maintenance, manufacturer of electronic equipment; Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England

Airtech Ltd

1947 - 1999
1945-2000, manufacturer of insulated cables, Helsby, England

British Insulated Callenders Cables Plc

1945 - 2000
1935-1989, manufacturer of fire & smoke detection equipment & gas cylinders, Colnbrook, England

Walter Kidde Company Limited

1935 - 1989
active 1932-1986, manufacturer of meteorological instruments, United Kingdom

Francis Barker and Son (1932) Limited

1932 - 1986
1941-1993, manufacturer of optical equipment; camera manufacturer, Russia

Mechanical Factory of Krasnogorsk

1941 - 1993
c. 1908-c. 1957, manufacturer of photographic film and accessories, England

Dufay-Chromex Limited

1930 - 1957
1947-2008, electronics manufacturer, Japanese

Sanyo

1947 - 2008