Mullard Limited was a British manufacturer of electronic components. The Mullard Radio Valve Co. Ltd. of Southfields, London, was founded in 1920 by Captain Stanley R. Mullard, who had previously desi
A Mullard TDD4 valve. The gold spray coating served no purpose other than to hide the blackened interior, as Mullard valves were still manufactured using the azide process, long abandoned by other makers.
A Mullard EL34 power pentode
An EL84 valve made in Russia in the 21st century
Mullard transistors of the 1960s, showing the variety of SO-2 packages used: OC200, silicon PNP transistor in an aluminium can. Germanium OC45 in a black-painted glass package. OC45 in a clear glass and blue putty package, with rubber sleeve
Koninklijke Philips N.V., commonly known as Philips, is a Dutch multinational health technology company and former major consumer electronics manufacturer. The company was founded in Eindhoven in 1891
Mullard
…financed the rapid expansion of his factories to meet the demand of the new British Broadcasting Corporation by selling half of the company shares to Philips. In 1927 Mullard sold the remaining shares to Philips, becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary. The Mullard factory in Blackburn was once the largest…
Headquarters in Amsterdam, 2026
Gerard Philips (1858–1942), founder
The first Philips factory in Eindhoven, now a public museum, July 2008
A share of the Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken, issued 14 December 1928