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The school was founded in 1950 by Harold M. Rabin; it was originally known as the Chicago School of Television Repair, and later as the Electronics Trades Institute. In 1964, the name was changed to Electronics Technical Institute of Illinois; in 1980 the name was changed to Illinois Technical College, reflecting the school's status as a ...
Founded in 1934 as Newark Electric, a small Chicago shop selling radio parts, the company is the Americas division of Farnell Global (part of Avnet) and is one of the largest electronics distributor worldwide.
uBreakiFix is an American chain of electronic repair shops, founded in 2009 with over 832 locations in 2016 across the United States and the Caribbean. [1] [2] [3] They are most commonly known for repairing all kinds of household electronics. [4] In August 2019, uBreakiFix was acquired by Asurion, LLC, an insurance company. [5]
Premier Farnell Ltd. is a distributor of products for electronic system design, maintenance and repair throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, with operations in 36 countries and trading in over 100. [1] In October 2016, the firm was purchased by Avnet in a deal valued at approximately £691 million. [2]
Fry's Electronics was an American big-box store chain. It was headquartered in San Jose, California, in Silicon Valley.Fry's retailed software, consumer electronics, household appliances, cosmetics, tools, toys, accessories, magazines, technical books, snack foods, electronic components, and computer hardware, in addition to offering in-store computer repair and custom computer building services.
Hallicrafters founder William J. Halligan depicted in a 1944 magazine ad. William J. Halligan (1898–1992), founded Hallicrafters Company in Chicago in late 1932. Prior to this, he had been involved in radio parts sales for some years but decided the time was right for a handcrafted amateur radio receiver - the company name being a combination of Halli(gan) and (hand)crafters.
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SLM bought Karpowicz's service and repair shop and established the SLM Electronics division. While visiting a Crate & Barrel store in Chicago, Gene Kornblum saw products displayed using packing crates and had the idea of making guitar amplifiers housed in wooden cabinets, resulting in Crate Amplifiers first product, the ponderosa pine encased ...