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Marconi-Osram Valve Co
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of Brook Green Works, Hammersmith, London.
1919 Marconi-Osram Valve Company formed as company owned jointly by GEC and Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co; it took over GEC's valve factory.[1].
1920 Name of company changed to M-O Valve Co.[2].
1920 Jan. Physical and Optical Societies Exhibition. Exhibited wireless telegraphy.
1927 Recorded as being a subsidiary of GEC
1929 Gramophone Co acquired Marconiphone Co as well as Marconi's share in M-O Valve[3].
Continued to supply valves to Marconi.
1956 GEC purchased EMI's share in the M-O Valve company.
1958 Business had been focussed on thermionic devices for telecommunications, radar and military, and cathode ray tubes[4]
1969 Formation of GEC Electronic Tubes to bring together M-O Valve Co and English Electric Valve Co, a company which would have half of UK valve production, the largest specialised valve manufacturer outside USA[5].
See Also
Sources of Information
- The Engineer of 16th Jan 1920 p62