lse ule industry defence security transport and energy founded 1920 headquarters greenford london uk area served worldwide key people douglas caster chairman rakesh sharma chief executive products c4istar cyber security sonar systems civil transport and energy systems and equipment equipment for defence and security applications military aircraft equipment civil aircraft equipment ice protection revenue 726.3 million 2015 1 operating income 66.4 million 2015 1 net income 25.0 million 2015 1 website www.ultra electronics.com ultra electronics holdings lse ule is a british company serving the defence security transport and energy industries . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references history edit the ultra electronics facility at loudwater buckinghamshire the company was started by teddy rosen in 1920 as edward e. rosen & co. manufacturing high quality headphones . in 1923 the company moved to new premises at harrow road london and in 1925 a new company ultra electric ltd. was formed . ultra introduced its first mains powered wireless set in 1931 . after further expansion the company moved to larger premises at erskine road chalk farm nw3 in 1932 and also built a new 150 000 sq ft 14 000 m2 factory at western avenue acton w3 in 1935 . 2 ultra manufactured a wide range of domestic radio receivers including the blue fox lynx panther and tiger models . 2 in 1939 ultra presented a television receiver to the market for the bbc high definition television service which was transmitted on 405 lines from the studios at alexandra palace north london . 3 during world war ii the company diversified into building tails and bomb doors for the short stirling aircraft . 4 ultra opened a new factory at gosport for the production of televisions and radios in 1956 and acquired pilot radio & television in 1959 before splitting into two divisions one dealing with domestic radio and television and the other with electronic products in 1960 . 5 in 1961 ultra s consumer electronics interests became part of thorn electrical industries who continued to manufacture products using the ultra brandname until 1974 . 2 the remainder of the company became ultra electronics ltd. producing among other products the jezebel and mini jezebel sonobuoys 6 which was bought by the dowty group in 1977 . 7 in 1993 ultra was the subject of a management buyout 8 led by julian blogh 9 of seven dowty group plc companies which formed the dowty group electronic systems divisions which had been acquired by ti group in 1992 . 10 the company floated on the london stock exchange in 1996 . 11 operations edit the company operates its portfolio as an umbrella of specialist businesses designing manufacturing and supporting electronic and electromechanical systems sub systems and products for defence security transport and energy applications worldwide . it employs over 4 500 people . the head office is located in greenford middlesex uk . ultra comprises 23 businesses with approximately half in the uk and half in the united states and canada . it also has offices in singapore and the uae and has recently established 2007 the ultra electronics pty ltd subsidiary based in adelaide australia . ultra has also formed joint ventures with local firms in the uae qatar and china in recent years . the company is structured around three divisions aerospace & infrastructure communications & security and maritime & land . see also edit aerospace industry in the united kingdom references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . ultra electronics . retrieved 16 april 2016 . a b c vintage technology ultra electric history of the bbc one firm s war flight magazine 29 july 1960 ultra electric re organisation flight magazine 15 january 1960 mini jezebel pdf . 26 november 1977 . retrieved 3 april 2015 . black pig ltd the sty 47 upper king st royston sg8 9az 01763 222 333 . ultra electronics . ultra controls.com . retrieved 3 april 2015 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link ultra electronics holdings plc annual report and accounts 2005 page 31 pdf . ultra electronics holdings plc. 2005 . retrieved 2006 09 25 . campbell katharine 1997 09 23 . pilot with the right stuff how three companies won acclaim in the venturer of the year awards . financial times . access date requires url help british engineering merger moves forward . reuters . 1992 06 11 . retrieved 2006 09 25 . ultra electronics holdings plc annual report and accounts 2010 page 07 pdf . ultra electronics holdings plc. 2010 . retrieved 2011 04 19 . v t e aerospace industry in the united kingdom economy of the united kingdom manufacturing in the united kingdom companies current ad aerospace agustawestland airbus uk astrium satellites surrey satellite technology bae systems bae systems integrated system technologies bae systems military air solutions eurofighter gmbh 33 % mbda 37.5 % bba aviation boeing defence uk 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