Cossor, A C, Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Cossor, Alfred C
- Electronic Tubes Ltd
- EMI Ltd
- Raytheon
- Philips NV
- Cossor, A C, & Son (Surgical) Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Finsbury Park, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
-
Electrical & electronic engineering
Electronic equipment & components production
-
Electrical & electronic engineering
Radar equipment production
-
Electrical & electronic engineering
Television & radio transmitting & receiving equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to Alfred C Cossor who in 1890 left his father's Clerkenwell scientific glassware business, later known as A C Cosser & Son (Surgical) Ltd, to form a business which initially made innovative fluorescent tubes and X-ray tubes. Incorporated 1908. Diversified into glass valves for radios and later televisions. Later made radio and television sets and radar equipment. 1938 public company. Diversified further into electronics and established Electronic Tubes Ltd in 1945 which was later sold to EMI Ltd. Sold radio and television interests to Philips NV in 1958. 1961 acquired by Raytheon of USA
Publications:
- Apparatus for Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony by Unknown
- Cossor Radar. The first fifty years by Price, Alfred
- Cossor Radio, 1937-8 by Unknown
- Cossor Radio. Kings of the Air by Unknown
- Half a Century of Progress, 1896-1947. History of a noted firm in the radio and electronics industry by Unknown
- Highbury. The home of radar. A brief history of A C Cossor Ltd in Islington by Unknown
- Trade Literature in the History of the Company over the Last 50 Years by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Cossor, Alfred C
- Electronic Tubes Ltd
- EMI Ltd
- Raytheon
- Philips NV
- Cossor, A C, & Son (Surgical) Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Finsbury Park, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electronic equipment & components production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Radar equipment production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Television & radio transmitting & receiving equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to Alfred C Cossor who in 1890 left his father's Clerkenwell scientific glassware business, later known as A C Cosser & Son (Surgical) Ltd, to form a business which initially made innovative fluorescent tubes and X-ray tubes. Incorporated 1908. Diversified into glass valves for radios and later televisions. Later made radio and television sets and radar equipment. 1938 public company. Diversified further into electronics and established Electronic Tubes Ltd in 1945 which was later sold to EMI Ltd. Sold radio and television interests to Philips NV in 1958. 1961 acquired by Raytheon of USAPublications:
- Apparatus for Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony by Unknown
- Cossor Radar. The first fifty years by Price, Alfred
- Cossor Radio, 1937-8 by Unknown
- Cossor Radio. Kings of the Air by Unknown
- Half a Century of Progress, 1896-1947. History of a noted firm in the radio and electronics industry by Unknown
- Highbury. The home of radar. A brief history of A C Cossor Ltd in Islington by Unknown
- Trade Literature in the History of the Company over the Last 50 Years by Unknown