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Sprague Electric Company was an electronic component maker founded by Robert C. Sprague in 1926. Sprague was best known for making a large line of capacitors used in a wide variety of electrical and electronic in commercial, industrial and military/space applications.
A capacitor is a passive device on a circuit board that stores electrical energy in an electric field by virtue of accumulating electric charges on two close surfaces insulated from each other. This is a list of known capacitor manufacturers, their headquarters country of origin, and year founded. The oldest capacitor companies were founded ...
Founder of Sprague Electric, manufacturer of capacitors Robert C. Sprague (August 2, 1900 – September 27, 1991) was the son of Frank J. Sprague and Harriet Sprague. Sprague founded Sprague Electric (originally Sprague Specialties Company), Quincy, Massachusetts in 1926, and served as president from 1926-1953 and chief executive from 1953-1971.
In 1958, KEMET changed its market focus to the tantalum capacitor. In 1969, the company entered the market of ceramic capacitors. [1] In 1990, KEMET Electronics Corporation was acquired from Union Carbide and after two years, the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol KEM. This ended all ties with Union Carbide. [1]
Comsteel was founded as Commonwealth Steel Products in 1918 by Clyde Engineering, Goninan & Co, Pioneer Spring Co and Ritchie Brothers to manufacture wheels, tyres, axles and steel castings for railway use. [1] A plant was established in the Newcastle suburb of Waratah with Howard Smith acquiring a shareholding.
The Dubilier Condenser Company was the earliest commercial manufacturer of electronic capacitors (formerly known as condensers) which were widely used in early radio receivers (wireless sets). The company was founded in New York in 1920 by William Dubilier , who was responsible for many early developments in the field of electronics and radio ...
Yageo Corporation(國巨公司) is a Taiwanese [1] Taiwan-based electronic component manufacturing company, founded in 1977 by Pierre Chen. [2] The company specializes in passive devices — resistors, capacitors and inductors.
The Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government was U.S. Major General Douglas MacArthur, [a] who was assisted by Major Dwight Eisenhower and Major James Ord; along with four officers from the Philippine Department, under Major General Lucius Holbrook (1936-1938) and Major General Grunert (1940-1941), and retired Lieutenant Colonel Sidney L ...