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Started in a lock up garage in Lanark Villas, Maida Vale, and moved to slightly larger, but more antiquated, premises in Birchington Road in nearby Kilburn | Started in a lock up garage in Lanark Villas, Maida Vale, and moved to slightly larger, but more antiquated, premises in Birchington Road in nearby Kilburn | ||
1939 Employing had eight representatives covering the Home Counties | |||
1947 Established an export link with the newly-founded '''Radionics''' in Dublin | 1947 Established an export link with the newly-founded '''Radionics''' in Dublin | ||
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1967 Floated on the London Stock Exchange as [[Electrocomponents]] | 1967 Floated on the London Stock Exchange as [[Electrocomponents]] | ||
1971 Sebestyen retires | |||
1971 Changed its name to [[RS Components]] | 1971 Changed its name to [[RS Components]] | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 4 October 2014
1937 Radiospares was founded in London by Johann Herbert Waring (formerly Johann Weinberger) and Paul Martin Sebestyen, supplying components to the radio receiver industry
Started in a lock up garage in Lanark Villas, Maida Vale, and moved to slightly larger, but more antiquated, premises in Birchington Road in nearby Kilburn
1939 Employing had eight representatives covering the Home Counties
1947 Established an export link with the newly-founded Radionics in Dublin
1954 The product range was expanded beyond radio and television spares
1967 Floated on the London Stock Exchange as Electrocomponents
1971 Sebestyen retires
1971 Changed its name to RS Components
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