Roberts Radio
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| Type | Subsidiary of Glen Dimplex |
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| Founded | 1932 |
| Headquarters | Mexborough, South Yorkshire |
| Key people | Richard Roberts, Managing Director; Leslie Burrage, Chief Executive |
| Industry | Audio & Video equipment |
| Products | Digital, pocket, world, portable and clock radios. Radio cassette players. Combined radio / CD players. |
| Revenue | N/A |
| Employees | N/A |
| Slogan | "Sound for Generations" |
| Website | www.robertsradio.co.uk |
Roberts is a global consumer electronics limited company based in Yorkshire, England. It has been producing radios for over 70 years. Initially the company only traded in the United Kingdom, but now exports worldwide. The company has been granted three Royal warrants in its own right, and one via the purchase of Dynatron in 1981.
For many years the company's products were the only radios permitted in UK prisons (mainly because their cases could be easily opened to check for contraband). Specific MW/LW-only models were designed for this market.
While the company states that it is "family run", it is owned by a large Irish consumer electronics group, Glen Dimplex. It admits to its plastic-cased equipment being made in the far-east [1], although its high-end wooden cased equipment is still manufactured in England.
[edit] History
The firm was founded in 1932 by Harry Roberts.
[edit] Takeover
In 1994, Irish electrical equipment group Glen Dimplex acquired the brand, although the company is still operated independently from the United Kingdom.
