Ferguson Radio Corporation
Ferguson Radio Corporation, of Enfield
1935 Started making radio receivers (and later televisions)
1936 Acquired by Jules Thorn.
1937 Thorn Electrical Industries was its sole distributor[1].
1946 Rights issue by Thorn Electrical Industries to finance the acquisition from Jules Thorn of the entire share capital of Ferguson Radio Corporation[2]. The Ferguson name continued to be used by Thorn, and its successor Thorn EMI, until 1992.
1946 Conversion from war work was a protracted process; made preparations for production of television sets[3].
1982 The Ferguson TX range of televisions was gaining market share[4]
By 1983 Thorn EMI Ferguson was Britain's only colour television manufacturer[5]
1984 Thorn EMI Ferguson would concentrate its plastics moulding operations in a new factory at High Wycombe[6]
1985 Consumer electronics, particularly Ferguson, was hit hard by Japanese competition but Thorn EMI depended on Ferguson as in-house supplier of TVs for its rental business[7]
Part of Thorn EMI Home Electronics (U.K.) Ltd
1987 Renamed Ferguson Ltd; acquired by Thomson Group[8]
1990 As part of the Thomson Group, was making colour televisions; the High Wycombe factory was closed and mouldings bought in from outside the group[9]
1992 Ferguson, a subsidiary of Thomson CSF, demonstrated HDTV[10]
1996 Renamed Thomson Multimedia Sales UK Ltd