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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]] |