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Old 30th Aug 2019, 9:19 am   #10
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Default Re: Dynatron HFC 205 Radiogram

Ekco company bought Dynatron in circa 1954, Ekco merged with Pye circa 1960 and then became part of Philips in circa 1967.
The Hacker brothers who owned Dynatron went on to create the Hacker radio brand.

The merging of the Ekco/Pye and then Philips took a few years before everything was just rebadged Philips sets. As late as the early seventies Pye we’re still designing their own CTV’s

Roberts were still their own company but had no television designs, they were just rebadged.

That’s what I remember about the mergers, we were Ekco, Ferranti, Pye, Dynatron, Roberts and Hacker dealers.

Not sure when Ekco took over Ferranti radio and TV, it would be the middle 1950’s.

Edit. From what I remember the customer wasn’t looking for better performance in the fancy Queen Anne style cabinets, it was the furniture that attracted them.
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