The story
The history of Mitsubishi Electric is the history of the development of modern Japan. The company was founded in 1921, when Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. (now Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.) spun off a factory in Kobe, Japan that made electric motors for ocean-going vessels into a new company called Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
In that year, the new company entered the consumer sector by manufacturing and marketing an electric fan, which became a hit product. Over the next decade the company succeeded in landing major contracts, including one for the development of an electric railway substation.
In the 1930s Mitsubishi Electric started manufacturing, installing and maintaining elevators and escalators as well as producing electric power generation equipment. The company continued to grow and branch out at a brisk pace, and by 1960 had emerged as one of the most innovative diversified electrical equipment manufacturers in Japan. In the early 1960s the company also turned its attention to environmentally conscious manufacturing techniques — many years before environmental concern became a serious issue.
In that year, the new company entered the consumer sector by manufacturing and marketing an electric fan, which became a hit product. Over the next decade the company succeeded in landing major contracts, including one for the development of an electric railway substation.
In the 1930s Mitsubishi Electric started manufacturing, installing and maintaining elevators and escalators as well as producing electric power generation equipment. The company continued to grow and branch out at a brisk pace, and by 1960 had emerged as one of the most innovative diversified electrical equipment manufacturers in Japan. In the early 1960s the company also turned its attention to environmentally conscious manufacturing techniques — many years before environmental concern became a serious issue.
Design
This rare 1960s transistor radio was made by the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in Japan and is one of the great collectible radios of the period. The Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has been setting trends in electronics on a global basis ever since. This 7-transistor Model 7X-970 radio is hard to find and is in excellent cosmetic condition complete with the original brown leather case. It amazingly is in working condition now after some 50 years of storage with the help of bluetooth technolgy and Ykon.
Features
- Bluetooth v4.0
- Harman/Kardon speaker 3W
- Reachargeable battery 1020 mAh
- Prev/Play/Pause/Phone call/Next buttons
- Indicator LEDs