READOUT TUBE BRAND NAMES and ABBREVIATIONS
NOTES:
Part Number Prefix appears in [brackets] following the brand name(s) it is believed to be associated with, in BOLD where confirmed.
Company address/contact information from vintage sources in many cases. Use at your own risk.
| Adzam |
= "Mazda" spelled backwards. ‑ France |
| AEG |
= AEG‑Telefunken (see Telefunken) |
| Alco Electronic Products, Incorporated: |
A subsidiary of Okaya. ‑ Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
| Amperex Electronic Corporation: |
‑ 230 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville, Long Island, New York, U.S.A. |
| Apollo [DA]: |
(Brand of Industrial Electronic Engineers, Inc. -- see IEE) |
| Archer |
= Tandy/Radio Shack |
| Babcock Incorporated [HB], [SP]: |
Parts marked "SP‑" originally made by Sperry. Parts marked "HB‑" indicates "High Brightness" versions of Sperry original designs. ‑ 14930 East Alondra Boulevard, La Mirada, California 90638‑5752, U.S.A., tel: (714) 994‑6500, fax: (714) 994‑3013 |
| Baird‑Atomic Incorporated: |
‑ 33 University Road, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, U.S.A. (Baird‑Atomic Dekatrons made by ETL, Hivac & possibly others) |
| Beckman Instruments, Incorporated [SP]: |
Parts marked "SP‑" originally made by Sperry. ‑ Scientific Instruments Division: 2500 Harbor Boulevard, Fullerton, California 92634, U.S.A. Information Displays Operations: 350 North Hayden Road, P.O. Box 3579, Scottsdale, Arizona 85257, U.S.A. tel. +1 (602) 947‑8371 |
| BIPCO |
= Block Island Power Company, Incorporated ? |
| Burroughs Corporation [B], [BD], [HB]: |
Bought Haydu Brothers Laboratories for tube manufacturing facilities. ‑ Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.A. (also: 6071 2nd Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.) |
| Cerberus |
= Cerberus, Seyffer & Company ‑ Kanzleistrasse 126, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Chatham Electronics Corporation: |
‑ U.S.A. |
| Cintel |
= Cinema-Television Limited. ‑ Worsley Bridge Road, London, SE26 |
| CSF: |
Same as Thomson CSF? (see also) ‑ France |
| CV |
= Common Valve (Not a brand identifier but a designation for British military part numbers) |
| DGL |
= Deutsche Glimmlampengesellschaft Pressler ‑ Leipzig (see also Pressler) |
| Dolam |
= Unitra-Dolam ‑ Poland |
| EEI |
= Electronic Enterprises, Incorporated ‑ U.S.A. |
| Elesta Ab Bad Rabaz: |
‑ Switzerland |
| ETL |
= Ericsson Telephones, Limited. Former subsidiary of L. M. Ericsson (see also), divested in 1948. ‑ England. Head Office: 22 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2. Works: Beeston (Nottingham). |
| General Electric: |
‑ Electronic Components Division: Schenectady 5, New York, U.S.A. |
| General Radio Company: |
‑ Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
| General Radiotelephone Company [GR]: |
‑ Burbank, California, U.S.A. |
| Haydu Brothers Laboratories [HB]: |
Owners György (George) K. & Zoltán Haydu. Bought by Burroughs Corporation for tube manufacturing facilities. ‑ Mt. Bethel Road, Warren Township, New Jersey, U.S.A. |
| Heath Company (Heathkit) |
‑ Benton Harbor, Michigan, 49022, U.S.A. NOTE: Although I am not aware of the existence of any Heath-branded nixie or other readout types, for convenience Heathkit part numbers are included in the main table along with compatible types in the "Substitutes" column. |
| Hewlett‑Packard: |
‑ U.S.A. Almost all nixie tubes with H‑P part numbers (i.e. "1970‑00xx") printed on them were made by National Electronics. |
| Hitachi, Limited: |
‑ Tokyo, Japan |
| Hivac Limited: |
‑ Stonefield Way, Victoria Road, South Ruislip, Middlesex, England. Or: Greenhill Crescent, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, England |
| IEE |
= Industrial Electronic Engineers, Incorporated ‑ 7740 Lemona Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 91409-9234, U.S.A., (818) 787‑0311 |
| ISE Electronics Corporation: |
‑ Japan. A subsidiary of Noritake Company, Limited. |
| Itron: |
‑ Japan. Trademark of Noritake Company, Limited for a series of vacuum-fluorescent displays made under license by multiple manufacturers. |
| ITT |
= International Telephone & Telegraph |
| JAN |
= Joint Army Navy (Not a brand identifier but a designation for U.S. mil-spec equipment) |
| JRC |
= Japan Radio Company Limited |
| KGM |
= KGM Electronics Limited ‑ England |
| L. M. Ericsson |
= Lars Magnus Ericsson & Company. Former parent company of Ericsson Telephones, Limited (ETL), divested in 1948. ‑ Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Lorenz |
= SEL, Standard Elektrik Lorenz AG ‑ Geschäftsbereich Bauelemente: 7 Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Hellmuth-Hirth-Strasse 42, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (West Germany) |
| MUD0 & MUD0X: |
(Made by Philips/Valvo/Mullard? *The "MUD0" or "MUD0X" text appearing on these tubes is not a brand name, but a production code. Various numbers found on the tubes are not part numbers. [Additional production/date codes?]) |
| Mullard Electronic Products Limited: |
‑ Century House, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.C.2, England |
| National Electronics [NL]: |
A Varian subsidiary. ‑ Geneva, Illinois, U.S.A. (As of 2003: a division of Richardson Electronics, Limited. LaFox, Illinois 60147, U.S.A., (630) 208‑2300). The "NL" part number prefix stands for "National Labs". |
| National Union Radio Company [NU], [NUP]: |
‑ Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A. |
| NEC [CD] |
= Nippon Electric Corporation ‑ Japan |
| Okaya Electric Industries Company, Limited [CD]: |
a.k.a. Okaya Musen Company, Limited ‑ Tokyo, Japan (Rodan Brand) |
| Packard Instrument Company: |
(Use of blue ink suggests these tubes were probably made by National Electronics.) |
| Philips |
= N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken ‑ Eindhoven, Netherlands (Holland) |
| Pressler: |
‑ Leipzig (see also DGL) |
| Raytheon Company [CK]: |
‑ 465 Centre Street, Quincy 69, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (also: 55 Chapel St., Newton 58, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) |
| RCA [DR] |
= Radio Corporation of America ‑ Tube Division: Harrison, New Jersey, U.S.A. |
| RFT |
= RFT-VEB (Rundfunk-Fernsehen-Telekommunikation ‑ Volks Eigener Betrieb), DDR (East Germany ‑ Former Soviet Union) [various sources report different origins of the RFT abbreviation] |
| Rodan: |
(Brand of Okaya Elec. Ind. Co., Ltd. -- see Okaya) |
| RS Components |
= formerly RadioSpares |
| Seden: |
See Iseden. The large "i" in the logo is often overlooked. |
| Siemens: |
(same as Siemens & Halske?) |
| Siemens & Halske Aktiengesellschaft: |
‑ Wernerwerk für Bauelemente: Berlin, Deutschland (Germany) |
| Sperry Rand Corporation [SP], [EX], [HB] |
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| STC |
= Standard Telephones and Cables Limited ‑ Valve Division: Footscray, Kent, England |
| Sylvania Electric Products, Incorporated: |
‑ 730 Third Ave., New York 17, New York, U.S.A. Electronics Division: Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Receiving Tube Operations: Emporium, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
| TEL: |
See ETL. Due to unusual circular logo design, Ericsson tubes are frequently misidentified as TEL. |
| Telefunken |
= Allgemeine Electricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG)-Telefunken. Fachbereiche Röhren/Halbleiter Vertrieb: 7900 Ulm (Donau), Söflinger Strasse 100, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (West Germany) |
| Thomson‑CSF: |
= Thomson Electron Tubes and Devices Corporation. France. |
| Tung‑Sol Electric Incorporated: |
‑ One Summer Avenue, Newark 4, New Jersey, U.S.A. Electron Tube Division: Bloomfield, New Jersey, U.S.A. |
| Ultronic Systems Corporation |
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| Unitra‑Dolam: |
(same as Dolam) ‑ Poland |
| Valvo GmbH: |
(bought by/merged with Mullard ?) ‑ 2 Hamburg 1, Burchardstrasse 19, VALVO-Haus, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (West Germany) |
| Vishay Intertechnology, Incorporated |
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| Wang Laboratories: |
‑ Tewksbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Wang branded nixie tubes were made by National Electronics) |
| Western Electric Company: |
‑ U.S.A. |
| Westinghouse [WL]: |
‑ U.S.A. |
| WF |
= "Werk für Fernsehelektronik" or "Werk für Fernmeldewesen", one of the RFT-VEB factories. ‑ 116 Berlin-Oberschöneweide, Ostendstrasse 1‑5, DDR (East Germany) |
| Z; ZM: |
Not brand identification but European or East German type identifier. Z = gas‑filled tube. M = readout. ZM#### = standard (European) configuration. Z###M = (East German) configuration indicating long‑life industrial type with contrast filter coating. Z###0M = (East German) configuration indicating long‑life industrial type without contrast filter coating. |
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