Category
page 1Electronics companies established in 1950
Taiyo Yuden
company
Zumtobel Group
Austrian lighting technology company
Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
company
Star Micronics
electronics manufacturing company based in Shizuoka, Japan
Nichicon
is a manufacturer of capacitors of various types, and is one of the largest manufacturers of capacitors in the world, headquartered in Karasuma Oike, Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 1950, it separated from the Nii Works Co., established itself as Kansai-Nii Works and completed its first factory by 1956. In 1961, it adopted the Nichicon name and has been using it, or a variant thereof, ever since.
Racal
Racal Electronics plc was a British electronics company that was founded in 1950. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, Racal was a diversified company, offering products including voice recorders and data recorders, point of sale terminals, laboratory instruments and military electronics, including radio and radar. At its height, Racal was the third largest British electronics firm; it operated worldwide and employed over 30,000 people. £1,000 invested in Racal in 1961 would have been worth £14.5million in 2000.