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NEC Corporation, Nippon Electric Co. Ltd. (Nippon Denki); Tokyo

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Name: NEC Corporation, Nippon Electric Co. Ltd. (Nippon Denki); Tokyo    (J)  
Abbreviation: nec
Products: Model types Others Tube manufacturer
Summary:

Nippon Denki g.k.
Main office: 2 Shikoku-Cho, Shiba-Ku, Tokyo
Tube Plant (1936): Tamagawa Mukai, Shimonuma-Gun, Kawasaki, Kanagawa

Nippon Denki k.k. (after WW2)
Main Office: 5-7-1 Shiba, Minato-Ku. Tokyo
Tube plant: 1753 Shimo-Numabe, Kakahara-Ku, Kawasaki

NEC Corporation - Nippon Denki Kabushiki Gaisha
Tokyo

Founded: 1899
Production: 1899 -
History:
While the company was first formed in 1899, tube research did not begin until 1931. In 1932 the chief engineer, Dr Shoji Kobayashi, visited Europe to study tube manufacture and spent about a year there. Earliest tubes were made for voltage and power amplifiers as well as repeaters for wired communication. Transmitting tubes were developed in 1933 and these were based on Western Electric and STC designs. The company strove for high quality, high performance and long life in its tubes. World War Two saw the factory bombed and new premises were found. Materials were in short supply and quality of products dropped considerably. Some tube manufacturing processes were moved to the Ohtsu branch factory and later to Niigata. After the War, the US Military engaged the company in tube manufacture for the US Occupation Forces. Pulse transmitting tubes and CRT's were mass produced. This second field of production led to CRT's being made for the TV industry. Other larger transmitting tubes were made for the next 10 years. In the period up to 1950-51 the company continued to make repeater tubes of Western Electric design.

The company was renamed from Nippon Electric Company to NEC Corporation effective April 1983.

This manufacturer was suggested by Eilert Menke.


Some models:
Country Year Name 1st Tube Notes
75–78 SSB Transceiver CQ-110E 6EJ7  Hybrid-TRX with 7 tubes, 49 transistors, 19 FETs, 25 IC, 128 diodes. Sensitivity 0,3µV 10d... 
60 Transistor All Wave NT-82 B ST27B  Bands: BC 535 - 1605 kHzSW 5.9 - 16 MHz Jacks for ext. antenna and 2x earphone (one ... 
61/62 All Transistor Radio NT-730   Black plastic case, front and rear mat anodized aluminum grids, reverse painted dial, 9v b... 
59 Transistor All Wave NT-79 A   AM Radio, SW 3.9 to 12 MHz, built-in telescopic antenna. 
57 NT-7 H ST16B  There are two earphone jacks as well as an external antenna jack on the upper right sectio... 
59 All Transistor 6 NT-620 2S160  Battery operated transistorized portable AM receiver. Very similar to Sylvania NT-620. 
59 Six All Transistor NT-61 ST-172  Battery operated transistorized portable AM receiver. 
60 NT-6M11    
73 TV-5500 [2B2]   s/w-TV mit CCIR B/G VHF/UHF Tuner; 3-Band-AM/FM Radio; Kassetten-Kombi-Gerät; deutsche Bes... 
60 RM-701B   Reel to reel mono tape recorder. 
62 NT-625   Red colored body. With leather case ,unit in assorted colors. Made in Japan.  US C... 
70 SX-70   TV receiver only, japanese standard VHF drum and UHF dial tuner, connectors for two speake... 

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Further details for this manufacturer by the members (rmfiorg):

Kunihiko Iwadare, Founder of NECtbn_kunihikoiwadarenec.jpg
First head-office in Tokyo, 1899tbn_firstheadofficeofnec1899tokyo.jpg
New Mita Plant at the site of the present head office, 1901.tbn_necmitaplant1901.jpg
1976tbn_j_nec_logo.jpg
First NEC logotbn_nec_logo_no_1.png
Sumitomo group logotbn_nec_logo_no_2.png
Western Electric influencetbn_nec_logo_no_3.png
1930's - 70's logotbn_nec_logo_no_4.png
Current NEC logotbn_nec_logo_no_5.png

  

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