The Lighting Engineering Station and Tungsram
Development of a Lighting Culture in Hungary
Development of a Lighting Culture in Hungary
The COVID-19 is not the first crisis that century-old companies like Tungsram have had to master. Let’s take a quick look at how Tungsram mastered the great crises of the past.
111 years ago, the United Incandescent and Electrical Ltd. registered its “Tungsram” trademark name in Hungary and in the countries of the Madrid Union, then in a series of other nations.
Fifty-one years ago, on 1 April 1969, the Experimental Light Source Factory of Tungsram was named Nagykanizsa Light Source Factory.
123 years ago, on 15th March 1897, Ernő Winter was born. From 1925, Winter worked at Tungsram and became the leading figure of electron tube development and the Hungarian telecommunication industry.
From the beginning of broadcasting, radio became increasingly popular, and soon developed into an indispensable medium of providing news, entertainment, and education. No wonder that it has been widely used for political propaganda as well.
Imre Bródy was born 128 years ago, on 23 December 1891. As a member of the Tungsram Research Laboratory, this outstanding theoretical physicist devoted his scientific work to solving the issue of economically efficient lighting. Bródy is best known as ‘the father of the krypton lamp’.
115 years ago, on 13 December 1904, the patent file for the incandescent lamp with a tungsten file was published.