radiomuseum.org
Please click your language flag. Bitte Sprachflagge klicken.

History of the manufacturer  

Waldorp, N.V. Ned. Instrumentenfabriek, Den Haag

As a member you can upload pictures (but not single models please) and add text.
Both will display your name after an officer has activated your content, and will be displayed under «Further details ...» plus the text also in the forum.
Name: Waldorp, N.V. Ned. Instrumentenfabriek, Den Haag    (NL)  
Abbreviation: waldorp
Products: Model types
Summary:

N.V. Nederlandsche Instrumentenfabriek Waldorp was established on August 7, 1915 in Den Haag. Start of radio production in 1923. Special company "N.V. Waldorp Radio" founded for the radio business in 1930. Name changed into "N.V. Fridor Fabrieken" in 1950. Bankrupt in 1954.

Founded: 1915
Closed: 1954
Production: 1923 - 1952
History:
N.V. Nederlandsche Instrumentenfabriek Waldorp was established on August 7, 1915 in Den Haag. Most probably the name was derived from the fact that the company was situated at the Waldorpstraat in Den Haag. Initially Instrumentenfabriek Waldorp was only involved in the production of instruments, but in 1923 its first radios were produced. In the years thereafter not very much activity with regard to radio business was seen, but that situation changed after a new daughter company "N.V. Waldorp Radio" was founded on December 5, 1930. As from 1931 Waldorp Radio designed and sold various models with the brandname Waldorp and it became one of the major radio manufacturers in The Netherlands, though small compared to the giant Philips.
As from 1937 Waldorp radios were no longer own designs, but based on Philips chassis and Waldorp cabinets. After the Second World War Waldorp Radio continued to produce radios with the brandname Waldorp, but at the end of the decade it also used the name Waldorp-Fridor and Fridor-Waldorp and also entered into the business of other products, like irons and vacuum cleaners. In 1950 the brandname Fridor was officially added to the list of brandnames and in the year thereafter the name of the company was changed into "N.V. Fridor Fabrieken". It is very likely that these moves were the result of changes in the ownership of the company. Radios produced as from the year 1951 only carried the brandname Fridor.
Unfortunately the business did not develop as desired and N.V. Fridor Fabrieken went bankrupt in the beginning of 1954. The last models originate from the year 1951/1952.


Some models:
Country Year Name 1st Tube Notes
NL  38 3,2784 (error) EK2  Warning: This model does not exist, although it is listed as a model in the German "Funks... 
NL  39 120 [Rö. KCH1] KCH1  In Funkschau Röhrenbestückungstabelle irrtümlich als Deutsches Gerät angegeben. Siehe unt... 
NL  45 116-140 (error) ECH3  Warning: This model does not exist, although it is listed as a model in the German "Funks... 
NL  41 Ost-West 2,10035 (error) ECH3  Warning: This model does not exist, although it is listed as a model in the German "Funks... 
NL  39 3,4705 (error) ECH3  Warning: This model does not exist, although it is listed as a model in the German "Funks... 
NL  39 4469 (error) ECH3  Warning: This model does not exist, although it is listed as a model in the German "Funks... 
NL  41 Ost-West 3,10202 (error) ECH3  Warning: This model does not exist, although it is listed as a model in the German "Funks... 
NL  39 163/2 (error) ECH3  Warning: This model does not exist, although it is listed as a model in the German "Funks... 
NL  23 W2   Information taken from Radio Wereld 23/01. Picture Nr.: 050.01 
NL  23 Wdp 11   Information taken from Radio Nieuws 23/01. 
NL  29 Unknown 1   Information taken from Radio Amateur Museum NL-5541 CH Reusel. Picture Nr.: 050.09 
NL  31 428WL E462  Das Gerät hat drei Wellenbereiche: LW (900-2000 M), MW (300-600 M) und dem Bereich von 175... 

[rmxhdet-en]

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

Radiowerbung 1939tbn_waldorp_werbung_1939.jpeg

  

Data Compliance More Information