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1896-1991, printer, London

Thomas De La Rue and Company Limited

1958 - 1991
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
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
1950-2000, radio communications, electronics manufacturer, British

Racal Electronics Plc

1950 - 2000
active 1960s-1990s, linear measure (tapes & rules) manufacturer; England

Rabone Chesterman Limited

1963
1935-1994, manufacturer of medical instruments, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Grass Instrument Company

1935
1948-1977, goldsmiths, assayers and photographic chemists, Hendon

Johnsons of Hendon Limited

1948 - 1972
1947-1966, marine and aero navigation instrument designer; manufacturer, British

Kelvin and Hughes Limited

1947 - 1966
1936-1999, plastics manufacturer (optics), London, Slough; England, British

Combined Optical Industries Limited

1936 - 1999
1963-1987, researcher; manufacturer of electronic communication equipment, United Kingdom

Marconi Company Limited

1963 - 1987
1935-1996, cine projector manufacturer, Nuremburg

Noris Projektor

1935 - 1996
1962-1978, electronics manufacturer, United Kingdom

Rank Bush Murphy Group

1962 - 1978
1936-c.1973, public address systems manufacturer, Wimbledon, England

Vortexion Ltd

1936 - 1973
active 1954-1971, pharmaceutical researcher and manufacturer, UK subsiduary of Swiss parent

CIBA Laboratories Limited

1954 - 1971
1955-1979, commerical and industrial electronics manufacturer, Britain

EMI Electronics Limited

1955 - 1979
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena, Jena

1905 - 1964
1950-2000, manufacturer car parts, electronics, consumer goods, Indianapolis

Arvin Industries Incorporated

1950 - 2000
1943-2004, manufacturer of cryptographic and photographic equipment, Switzerland

Gretag AG

1943 - 2004
1958-current (2007), ocean systems, agricultural engineering, Massachusetts, United States

The Sippican Corporation

1958
1945-1985, manufacturer of electronic equipment (acoustic devices), United Kingdom

Dawe Instruments Limited

1945
1963-1991, geophysical surveying; seismographical surveying, German

Prakla Seismos

1963 - 1991
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

Anthony Howard Wilson

1950 - 2007
1952-1974, manufacturer of electronic equipment, Germany

Uher

1953 - 1974

Deborah Curtis

1957
1962-current (2011), pharmaceutical product manufacturer, British

Dista Products Limited

1962
1964-1996, research department, British

British Rail Research, Derby

1964 - 1996
1951-1961, lens, camera and film manufacturer, London

Ross-Ensign Ltd

1904 - 1961
1949-1983, camera manufacturer, Japan

Yashica

1949 - 1983
1934-c.1989, battery and radio manufacturer, Britain

Vidor Limited

1934 - 1989
1944-current (2022), audio and video recording & data management and storage, California, USA

Ampex Corporation

1944
1935-1977, manufacturer, England, British

Hawker Siddeley

1935 - 1977
1942-2018, physicist, British

Stephen Hawking

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

Cathodeon Ltd.

1935 - 1981
1943-1948, manufacturer of aircraft and ballpoint pens, Reading, England

Miles Aircraft Co

1943 - 1948
1946-1968, manufacturer of balances, London, England

Stanton Instruments Limited

1946 - 1968
c.1950-c.1982, recording equipment manufacturer, England

Reslosound Limited

1950 - 1982
1940s-1960s, sound equipment manufacturer, London

Lustraphone

1949 - 1969
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Stephen William Hawking

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

Olympus Optical Company Limited

1949 - 2003
c.1950-c.1975, public address equipment manufacturer, Middlesex, England

Grampian Reproducers Ltd.

1950 - 1975
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 1950s-1986, haulage company, North Allerton, England

Sunter Brothers Limited

1955 - 1986