Rogers-Majestic (1941) Ltd.

Rogers Radio Tubes Ltd.

Rogers Electronics Tubes Ltd.

Example Artifact

Company

Precision Making in Canada 1918-1945. https://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/exhibits/show/making-1918-1945

1941-02-01

1960-01-01

622 Fleet Street, Toronto, Ontario (Feb. 1941)

100 Sterling Road, Toronto, ON. (Feb. 1941)

11-19 Brentcliffe Avenue, Toronto (Aug. 1941)

Communications (Radios)

Vacuum Tubes

Manufacturing

Supplying

Successor to: Rogers-Majestic Corp. Ltd.

Owned by: Small Electric Motors (Canada) Ltd.

Related to: Rogers Radio Tubes Ltd.

Owned by: Radio & Electrical Developments (London, UK)

Acquired by: Philips Electronics Industries Ltd. (Toronto, ON/Netherlands)

- 1941, Feb – The company stock of Rogers-Majestic Co. Ltd. is transferred to Small Electric Motors (Canada) Ltd., itself a subsidiary of English parent company Radio & Electrical Developments. The new company is incorporated as Rogers-Majestic (1941), with Rogers Radio Tubes and DeForest Radio company both remaining as a subsidiaries of the company. The company turns its manufacturing plants towards producing products for the war effort, with reduced emphasis on commercial radios. The broadcasting element, which becomes known as Standard Radio Ltd. (“Radio Company to Emphasize War Products”; Wikipedia)

- 1943 - Rogers-Majestic (1941) Ltd. located at 622 Fleet Street, Toronto; Rogers Radio Tubes Ltd. located at 100 Sterling Road, Toronto, ON. (Toronto City Directory 1943)

- 1945, Mar. – Reginald M. Brophy is appointed as President and Director of Rogers Majestic Lt. and Rogers Electronic Tubes Ltd., having previously resigned from a position as General Manager Canadian Marconi. He is also a director at the company Thermionics Ltd. (“Reginald Brophy Named Rogers Majestic Head”)

- 1946, May – Rogers Electronic Tubes Ltd and Rogers-Majestic Ltd. purchase a plant site at 11-19 Brentcliffe Road in Leaside, Toronto, producing vacuum tubes and radios. This site was previously owned and constructed in 1940 by Research Enterprises, Ltd., a Crown Corporation established during WWII to manufacture vacuum tubes and radar components. (“More Workers and No Layoffs in Rogers Plan”)

- 194? – Rogers-Majestic forms a mobile radio division.

- 1958 – Active, listed as a “Division of Philips Electronics Industries Ltd.” (Canadian Electronics Engineering Components & Equipment Directory, June 1958)

- 195? – Rogers-Majestic’s mobile radio division is purchased by Canadian Motorola.

- 1960 – Rogers-Majestic factory still active in Leaside, Toronto, ON