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1941-1977, electronics, solar power, radio and television manufacturer, Los Angeles

Hoffman Electronics Corporation

1977
active 1986-1997, manufacturer of healthcare equipment, Uppsala, Sweden, Swedish

Pharmacia Biotech

1986 - 1997
active 1960s-1990s, linear measure (tapes & rules) manufacturer; England

Rabone Chesterman Limited

1963
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
1937-1996, entertainment conglomerate, Britain

Rank Organisation

1937 - 1996
1949-1977, audio equipment manufacturer, England

Ferrograph

1949 - 1977
1979-1998, consumer eelctronics, defence, music electricals company, Britain

Thorn EMI Electronics Ltd.

1979 - 1998
1965-1980, ceramic manufacturer, Tunstall

Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) Limited

1965 - 1980
1950-2000, radio communications, electronics manufacturer, British

Racal Electronics Plc

1950 - 2000
1958-current (2007), ocean systems, agricultural engineering, Massachusetts, United States

The Sippican Corporation

1958
c.1960s-current (2022), video character generator hardware and graphics presentation equipment manufacturer, England

Aston Broadcast Systems

1969
active 1978-2003, manufacturer of safety and protective equipment, Wembley, England

Racal Safety Limited

1978 - 2003
1962-current (2011), pharmaceutical product manufacturer, British

Dista Products Limited

1962
1936-1999, plastics manufacturer (optics), London, Slough; England, British

Combined Optical Industries Limited

1936 - 1999
1944-current (2022), audio and video recording & data management and storage, California, USA

Ampex Corporation

1944
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
1963-1987, researcher; manufacturer of electronic communication equipment, United Kingdom

Marconi Company Limited

1963 - 1987
1969- current (2012), manufacturer of meteorological instruments, Rustington, England

Shortland Bowen Instruments Limited

1969
1950-2000, manufacturer car parts, electronics, consumer goods, Indianapolis

Arvin Industries Incorporated

1950 - 2000
1936-c.1973, public address systems manufacturer, Wimbledon, England

Vortexion Ltd

1936 - 1973
1978-2015, computer manufacturer, Cambridge

Acorn Computers Limited

1978 - 2015
1955-1979, commerical and industrial electronics manufacturer, Britain

EMI Electronics Limited

1955 - 1979
1962-1978, electronics manufacturer, United Kingdom

Rank Bush Murphy Group

1962 - 1978
1943-1959, newspaper owners including Sunday Times, newspaper printers, England, British

Kemsley Newspapers Limited

1943
active 1954-1971, pharmaceutical researcher and manufacturer, UK subsiduary of Swiss parent

CIBA Laboratories Limited

1954 - 1971

Curtis, Deborah

1957
1945-1985, manufacturer of electronic equipment (acoustic devices), United Kingdom

Dawe Instruments Limited

1945
1936-1969, camera manufacturer, Ann Arbor

Argus Camera Company

1936
1947-current (2011), biochemist, pathologist, Colombian

Patarroyo, Manuel Elkin

1946
1943-2004, manufacturer of cryptographic and photographic equipment, Switzerland

Gretag AG

1943 - 2004
1982-1997, bioscience and medical diagnostic product manufacturer, Amersham, England, British

Amersham International plc

1982
1968-2000, electronics manufacturer, France

Thomson-CSF

1968 - 2000
1958-2002, telephone designer and manufacturer, Japan, Japanese

Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. Ltd.

1958
1946; railway employee, railway clerk, railway manager, railway company director

Eccles, Graham

1946
1963-1991, geophysical surveying; seismographical surveying, German

Prakla Seismos

1963 - 1991
1945-current (2010), manufacturer of consumer electronics, Nuremberg, Germany

Grundig

1945
1956; railway employee, railway traffic manager, station master, railway manager, railway infrastructure company director, railway company chairman

Holden, SIr Michael

1956
1945-1964, camera and optical instrument maker, East Germany

VEB Carl Zeiss Jena

1905 - 1964
born 1949, photographer and photojornalist, UK

Knott, Herbie

1949
1945-1978, manufacturer of cathode ray tubes, optic and radiation sensors, England

Twentieth Century Electronics Limited

1945 - 1978
1982-1988, pharmaceutical manufacturer, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, English

Ortho-Cilag Pharmaceutical Limited

1982 - 1988
1946; soldier, railway industry body director

Lyons, General Adrian

1946
1951-1961, lens, camera and film manufacturer, London

Ross-Ensign Ltd

1904 - 1961
1956; railway employee, railway engineer, railway civil engineer, railway civil engineering manager, railway company director

McNaughton, Andrew

1956
1942-2018, physicist, British

Hawking, Stephen

1942 - 2018
1949-1983, camera manufacturer, Japan

Yashica

1949 - 1983