Filtronic
Filtronic plc of Shipley manufacture of a broad range of customised RF, microwave and millimetre wave components and subsystems for telecommunications.
1977 June company formed
Maker of devices for military hardware.
1985 Filtronic Components received a Queen's Award for Technology[1]
1988 Filtronic Comtek founded by Professor David Rhodes[2]
1992 Stock market flotation of Filtronic Comtek
1998 Acquired LK-Products from Nokia, a maker of filters and antennae for mobile phones, and Litton Solid State; share issue to raise the money to pay for these and other acquisitions[3]
1999 Acquired a semiconductor factory at Newton Aycliffe from Fujitsu to make gallium arsenide semi-conductor devices[4]
2001 After a period of losses, arrangements were made for the Newton Aycliffe plant to manufacture components for other companies[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Company web site