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Philips
Manufacture Belge de Lampes et de Materièl Electronique
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Manufacture Belge de Lampes et de Materièl Electronique, abbreviated MBLE
was a Belgian factory of light bulbs, electronic components and electronic
equipment.
Established in 1911 in Vilvoorde (Belgium) under the name La Lampe Brabant,
it became a subsidary of the Dutch electronics giant Philips in 1925.
Although initially autonomous within the Philips organisation, it was increasingly
integrated with the parent company from 1957 onwards.
In 1981 it was fully absorbed by Philips and the name MBLE disappeared,
although internally people kept referring to the plant as MBLE.
As MBLE had experience with the development of telephone equipment,
they were asked by Philips Crypto in Eindhoven (Netherlands) to develop the
PSTN interface for several crypto phones including
PNVX and Spendex 40.
In 1969, MBLE developed a
battlefield reconnaissance system under the name Éspervier (Sparrowhawk),
which served with the Belgian Army until 1999 [2].
Although Philips continued the production of capacitors, semiconductors and
other electronic components in the factory in Beveren, the market gradually
declined, resulting in reorganisations, workforce cuts and sales of factory
buildings. In the early 2000s, the capacitor factory was taken over by the
BC Components, a former Philips spin-off which itself was taken over by the
Amercian company Vishay a couple of years later.
Vishay eventually closed the factory in Beveren in 2008.
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MBLE products on this website
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1911 Founded as La Lampe Brabant 1915 Name changed to MBLE 1924 Production of thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) under the name Adzam. 1925 MBLE becomes part of Philips 1947 Production of TL lighting 1949 Production of electronic components 1955 Licence production of Heemaf Type 1955 telephones 1955 160 academic researchers on the payroll 1957 Start of integration with Philips 1958 MBLE takes part in Expo 58 1961 New factory in Roeselare for production of capacitors 1965 Capacitor factory moved to Beveren 1965 5500 employees 1965 Production of semiconductors 1967 Starts selling Philips recording equipment 1971 NATO contract for development of Épervier reconnaissance system [2] 1981 Fully integrated with Philips - name MBLE disappears 2002 Capacitor factory sold to BC Components (later: Vishay) 2008 Capacitor factory closed by Vishay.
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- Anderlecht (2)
- Beveren
- Brussel
- Evere
- Grâce-Hollogne
- Roeselare
- Vilvoorde
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Adzam Thermionic valves (vacuumtubes) Mazda Light bulbs Polykit Self-build kits
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