[TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC

  • From: "LeRoy Westlund" <llw@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:05:06 -0700

I'd guess about 1995, when their VCRs switched from JVC to Goldstar.
Goldstar took 51 %, which was the controlling interest in Zenith. Zenith was
the "LAST" American company to give up the struggle to the Asians.

LLW

LeRoy Westlund
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin <kevintv@xxxxxxx>
To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:49 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC


>When did Korea (Goldstar) take over control of Zenith?
>
>Kevin Wilks
>Kevin's TV & Video Repair
>Penticton BC Canada
>kevintv@xxxxxxx
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:10 PM
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>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>
>Actually rca and ge tvs as we knew them have not existed since about
>1989,
>the story goes like this, ge bought rca, which owned nbc, banquet foods,
>burlington mills, hertz  rent a car, hazeltine research, sarnoff labs,
>and
>randomhouse publishing, and last but not least their consumer
>electronics
>company, this was at the time the largest non oil buyout ever,ge started
>selling what it did not want(everything except nbc), and then made an
>offer
>to thomson of france, to swap their combined consumer electronics
>company
>for thomson's medical equipment division, seems as though ge really
>started
>thomson, then the french nationalized it, now it appears that the french
>have decided to take advantage of the "so called global economy" and buy
>into the chinese producers so they can  sell fine products along with
>funai
>and apex etc, pretty sad
>
>charles betzler
>Best Electronics
>repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "LeRoy Westlund" <llw@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 5:36 PM
>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>
>
>> It's all over now,....but the cryin !
>> We can't get by without RCA/GE sets,...and we don't want China to be
>> involved to anymore degree then they allready are in our Industry.
>When
>> Korea took over control of Zenith by Goldstar,...that's when Zenith
>went
>to
>> the dogs,...and now we will see that happen with RCA (Radio
>Corporation of
>> America),..what a laugh.
>>
>> LLW
>>
>> LeRoy Westlund
>> Westlund TV & Electronics              I've heard it said:
>> 93 North Main                             "that a fool never learns"
>> Centerfield, UT 84622-0087     It kinda reminds me of me.
>> Ph./Fax  435-528-3822
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: walter wood <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Monday, December 15, 2003 2:17 PM
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>>
>>
>> >But the Chinese have control, and it is expected
>> >that they will have full ownership in 6 months or
>> >so.
>> >One of Thomson's tech support guys told me that he
>> >was going to work at Home Depot, and is expecting
>> >everyone to be laid off in that department.
>> >He said that people were dissappearing around there
>> >every day.
>> >Oh well, rca couldn't get much worse than the
>> >ATC311.
>> >Walter
>> >--- "Phillip R. Hull" <phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >wrote:
>> >> Its 2/3 s   Owned by a Co. in China.  That is
>> >> what was said at a RCA meeting
>> >> a couple of weeks ago.
>> >> Phillip R Hull     STET
>> >> phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> FAX 517--569-3075
>> >> Professional Technicians only
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Tel-Tek Electronics"
>> >> <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:05 PM
>> >> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Thomson TEC
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Some conglomerate from France...me thinks.
>> >> >
>> >> > -Ed-
>> >> >
>> >> > Ed Gaidies
>> >> > Tel-Tek Electronics
>> >> > Ontario-Canada
>> >> >
>> >> > teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >
>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> >> Behalf Of Keith Trumbla
>> >> > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 1:52 PM
>> >> > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Subject: [TechAssist] Thomson TEC
>> >> >
>> >> > Who owns Thomson now ?
>> >> > Keith Trumbla
>> >> > BEM Electronics Inc.
>> >> > Suite 212-530 Century St.
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>> >> > www.bemelectronics.com
>> >> >
>> >> >
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