Pye Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Pye, William G
- Pye, W G, & Co
- Pye Radio Ltd
- Stanley, C O
- Phillips
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Aeroengines & components production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Electronic equipment & components production
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Precision instruments production
Measuring inc navigational equipment production
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Precision instruments production
Photographic, cinematographic, etc, equipment production
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Radar equipment production
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Publishing & printing
Sound & video production & publishing
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Electrical & electronic engineering
Television & radio transmitting & receiving equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to William G Pye, 1869-1949, who established himself as a scientific instrument maker, especially supplying Cambridge University, in 1896. Joined by his father in 1898 when known as W G Pye & Co. After 1918 diversified into making radio receivers with great success so that in 1929 this interest was sold to Pye Radio Ltd, from 1937 known as Pye Ltd, a completely separate business owned by C O Stanley. The original business continued, in particular making high technology equipment for aircraft, 1939-45. In 1947 it was sold to Pye Ltd. Pye Ltd had developed substantially under its owner, C O Stanley. Its interests came to include radio and television receivers, radio/radar/etc components, radio communication equipment, television broadcasting equipment, recorded music, etc. In decline by 1960s when controlling interest acquired by Phillips in 1966 who took full ownership in 1976
Publications:
- Please Please Me. Sixties British Pop Inside Out by Thompson, Gordon
- Pye TVT Story by Ellis, Richard J G
- Radio Man. The remarkable rise and fall of C O Stanley by Frankland, Mark, & Gordon Bussey
- Story of Pye by Unknown
- Story of Pye Wireless by Bussey, Gordon
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Pye, William G
- Pye, W G, & Co
- Pye Radio Ltd
- Stanley, C O
- Phillips
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Aeroengines & components production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Electronic equipment & components production
- Precision instruments production Measuring inc navigational equipment production
- Precision instruments production Photographic, cinematographic, etc, equipment production
- Electrical & electronic engineering Radar equipment production
- Publishing & printing Sound & video production & publishing
- Electrical & electronic engineering Television & radio transmitting & receiving equipment production
Notes:
Traced origins to William G Pye, 1869-1949, who established himself as a scientific instrument maker, especially supplying Cambridge University, in 1896. Joined by his father in 1898 when known as W G Pye & Co. After 1918 diversified into making radio receivers with great success so that in 1929 this interest was sold to Pye Radio Ltd, from 1937 known as Pye Ltd, a completely separate business owned by C O Stanley. The original business continued, in particular making high technology equipment for aircraft, 1939-45. In 1947 it was sold to Pye Ltd. Pye Ltd had developed substantially under its owner, C O Stanley. Its interests came to include radio and television receivers, radio/radar/etc components, radio communication equipment, television broadcasting equipment, recorded music, etc. In decline by 1960s when controlling interest acquired by Phillips in 1966 who took full ownership in 1976Publications:
- Please Please Me. Sixties British Pop Inside Out by Thompson, Gordon
- Pye TVT Story by Ellis, Richard J G
- Radio Man. The remarkable rise and fall of C O Stanley by Frankland, Mark, & Gordon Bussey
- Story of Pye by Unknown
- Story of Pye Wireless by Bussey, Gordon