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* 1939 [[Vidor]] portable radio shown at National Radio Exhibition<ref>The Times, 24 August 1939</ref>. | * 1939 [[Vidor]] portable radio shown at National Radio Exhibition<ref>The Times, 24 August 1939</ref>. | ||
* 1947 - 1958 Various models of radio were manufactured<ref>Vidor: http://www.portabletubes.co.uk/sitefiles/pthistory.htm</ref> | |||
* 1962 [[Royston Industries]] acquired [[Vidor]]<ref>The Times, 19 October 1962</ref>. | * 1962 [[Royston Industries]] acquired [[Vidor]]<ref>The Times, 19 October 1962</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 17:44, 26 August 2010
Battery and radio manufacturer
of Erith for radio manufacture
of Dundee and South Shields for batteries (1965)
- WW1: production was concentrated on the war effort including torches, torch batteries, searchlights and sirens.
- Post WW1: Vidor was in a poor financial state.
- 1925 Ever Ready was interested in the works and so purchased the company. The works went on to employ nearly 3000 people and produced large numbers of dry batteries and radio receivers.
- c.1933 T. N. Cole, managing director of Lissen Ltd, left that company sometime after it had been taken over by Ever-Ready and joined the Vidor battery company, in direct competition with Lissen/Ever-Ready.
- 1947 - 1958 Various models of radio were manufactured[2]
- 1962 Royston Industries acquired Vidor[3].
- 1962 Mention of Vidor, which had been taken-over using large borrowings from bank, at Royston Industries AGM[4].
- 1963 Royston Industries reorganized its Vidor battery company[5].
- 1963 Started exporting battery manufacturing plant
- 1965 Large contract from India, the 6th for battery manufacturing plant in the past 2 years[6].
- 1965 Contract signed with ITT to supply battery manufacturing plant for a chain of factories around the world; the project would be handled by STC[7].
- 1967 Receiver appointed to Royston Industries after losses[10].
- 1968 Crompton Parkinson purchased the Vidor and Burndept (installer of battery making factory) subsidiaries of Royston Industries[11].
- 1969 Licence to manufacture dry batteries granted to company in Argentina; Vidor would supply battery making equipment and have a substantial stake in Vidor Argentina[12].
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 24 August 1939
- ↑ Vidor: http://www.portabletubes.co.uk/sitefiles/pthistory.htm
- ↑ The Times, 19 October 1962
- ↑ The Times, 10 October, 1962
- ↑ The Times, 29 October 1963
- ↑ The Times, 28 June 1965
- ↑ The Times, 7 December 1965
- ↑ The Times, 18 April 1966
- ↑ The Times, 24 October 1966
- ↑ The Times, 8 December 1967
- ↑ The Times, 13 February 1968
- ↑ The Times, 4 August 1969