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'''General Radio''' (later, GenRad) was a manufacturer of electronic test equipment. | '''General Radio''' (later, GenRad) was a manufacturer of electronic test equipment. | ||
Started in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1915 by Melville Eastham, the company moved to | Started in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1915 by Melville Eastham, the company | ||
West Concord | produced extensive lines of electrical component measuring equipment, sound and | ||
(ATE) business, manufacturing a line of testers for assembled printed circuit boards | vibration measurement equipment, RLC and frequency standards, etc. | ||
In the 1950s, the company moved to West Concord, and eventually became a major player in the | |||
automatic test equipment (ATE) business, manufacturing a line of testers for assembled printed circuit boards. | |||
The company was eventually acquired by Teradyne in 2001. | The company was eventually acquired by Teradyne in 2001. | ||
IET Labs, Inc. purchased the | IET Labs, Inc. purchased the instrumentation product lines. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://www.ietlabs.com/pdf/GR_Experimenters/1940/GenRad_Experimenter_June%20_1940.pdf The General Radio Company. General Radio Experimenters Volume XV No.1, June 1940] | * [http://www.ietlabs.com/pdf/GR_Experimenters/1940/GenRad_Experimenter_June%20_1940.pdf The General Radio Company. General Radio Experimenters Volume XV No.1, June 1940] (15 year anniversary edition) | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Radio Wikipedia: General Radio] | |||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
Revision as of 15:08, 16 December 2015
General Radio (later, GenRad) was a manufacturer of electronic test equipment. Started in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1915 by Melville Eastham, the company produced extensive lines of electrical component measuring equipment, sound and vibration measurement equipment, RLC and frequency standards, etc.
In the 1950s, the company moved to West Concord, and eventually became a major player in the automatic test equipment (ATE) business, manufacturing a line of testers for assembled printed circuit boards.
The company was eventually acquired by Teradyne in 2001. IET Labs, Inc. purchased the instrumentation product lines.
Links
- The General Radio Company. General Radio Experimenters Volume XV No.1, June 1940 (15 year anniversary edition)
- Wikipedia: General Radio