recorders sold under the roberts brand see akai electric company . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message roberts radio ltd type subsidiary of glen dimplex industry audio & video equipment founded 1932 headquarters mexborough south yorkshire products digital pocket world portable and clock radios . radio cassette players . combined radio cd players . revenue n a number of employees n a website robertsradio.co.uk roberts portable transistor radio a roberts cd radio alarm clock roberts is a consumer electronics limited company now based in mexborough south yorkshire england . it has been producing radios for over 80 years . initially the company only traded in the united kingdom but now exports worldwide . the company was initially based in central london near oxford circus and then at rathbone place but moved to east molesey in 1941 . in 1962 the company had a purpose built factory constructed in west molesey and still retains premises in the area . the company has been granted three royal warrants in its own right and one via the purchase of dynatron radio ltd n 1 in 1981 . 1 the company was founded in 1932 by harry roberts and leslie bidmead 2 they financed the down payment on a small factory by selling bidmead s motorbike . 3 the first models featured a distinctive aladdin s lamp fretwork loudspeaker grille but by the late 1930s the company had settled on an upright box shape set covered in coloured leathercloth with fabric loudspeaker grille a style that they would keep to and evolve slowly with each progressive model . the company was the first uk manufacturer to market a radio containing an integrated circuit . the ric1 model of 1968 used the tad100 i.c. from mullard . this model s status was further enhanced by releasing limited numbers in special finish leather cloths through dealers like harrods of london . the dynatron brand name replaced roberts video for production of modern and retro styled televisions though the electronics within both were from philips tv chassis of the day . aside from the television sets above the company stayed focused on radio sets . in the mid 1950s they made a brief venture into the portable record player market with the mayflower model but quickly withdrew . the next minor departures were models that also featured cassette recorders starting with 1981 s rsr series manufactured by hitachi . 1 roberts produced their first dab digital radio in 1999 . 2 the company was struggling in the 1980s when one of its transistor radios appeared in a 1989 martini ad reviving interest in the product . two limited edition product runs sold out and led to the popular reissue of the original design as the revival model inspired by a handbag belonging to harry roberts wife elsie . 3 in the 2000s roberts began to sell bbc world service branded wide band radio sets also known as world radio receiver sets . today the company is owned by a large irish consumer electronics group glen dimplex . all its plastic cased equipment is designed and manufactured by sangean in the far east . 4 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 . citation needed the rambler of 1975 mw lw only models were designed for this market . the company s current ceo is owen watters . 5 notes edit bought from philips previously owned by pye and ekco references edit a b daily telegraph the roberts radio is 80 by emma barnett 19 august 2011 a b fielding james ; 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