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11 Facts About Mullard

1.

Mullard soon moved to Hammersmith, London and then in 1923 to Balham, London.

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2.

In 1923, to meet the technical demands of the newly formed BBC, Mullard formed a partnership with the Dutch manufacturer Philips.

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3.

Mullard opened a new manufacturing plant at the end of New Road, Mitcham, Surrey in 1929.

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4.

Co-sited with the Mullard buildings was the manufacturing complex for Philips Radios.

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5.

In 1951 Mullard was producing the LSD series of photographic flash tubes.

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6.

Mullard had factories in Southport and Simonstone, both in Lancashire.

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7.

Mullard owned semiconductor factories in Southampton and Hazel Grove, Stockport, Cheshire.

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8.

In 1953 Mullard moved to junction transistors, beginning with the plastic-cased OC10 series.

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9.

From about 1960 Mullard switched to using the BC prefix for silicon, and AC for germanium, eliminating the confusion of part numbers.

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10.

In 1957 Philips-Mullard helped to set up the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory at the University of Cambridge.

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11.

Mullard's quest was simple, they wanted a world-beater, nothing less, so they contacted the renowned grower Sam McGredy IV in Northern Ireland.

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