please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message a nordmende transita radio nordmende originally from bremen germany is a trademark owned by technicolor sa . nordmende was historically renowned as a major consumer electronics brand for high quality televisions and domestic appliances . citation needed the brand is now manufactured and distributed under licence in the united kingdom ireland turkey and italy . history edit the original company radio h. mende gmbh was founded in 1923 by otto hermann mende 1885 1940 in dresden . following the destruction of the plant during the bombing raids in 1945 martin mende the founder s son created a new company in bremen in 1947 in a former focke wulf plant under the name norddeutsche mende rundfunk gmbh . the name was subsequently changed to nordmende subsequently the company became one of the prominent german manufacturers of radios televisions tape recorders and record players in the 1950s and 1960s . in the 1970s nordmende televisions were renowned for their innovative chassis citation needed and for the rigorous testing and quality control of their finished products . citation needed both created high costs however which soon proved a competitive disadvantage when the price of colour televisions began to plunge . citation needed in 1969 mende s sons took over the company and in 1977 a majority shareholding was sold to the french thomson brandt company . the following year the family sold their remaining shares to thomson . in the 1980s the factories in bremen were closed nordmende becoming purely a thomson trademark . at the same time the nordmende brand name was relaunched in ireland in 2008 by the kal group . although nordmende was well known for its televisions throughout ireland during the 1970s and 1980s the company bought the rights to the name and launched a range of white goods including fridges freezers washing machines and dishwashers alongside a revamped range of flat screen tvs and stereos . on january 27 2010 the thomson company changed its name to technicolor sa re branding the entire company after its american film technology subsidiary the leading provider of services and products for the media & entertainment industry . nowadays technicolor is the global owner of the nordmende brand except in ireland and licences the brand to selected consumer electronics partners in turkey in italy and in the uk . the brand still expands across europe & other regions on various electronics segments tv audio video small appliances etc. citation needed external links edit nordmende ireland origin nordmende uk origin kal group nordmende italy origin nordmende turkey origin retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nordmende & oldid 736360029 categories electronics companies of germanycompanies established in 1923hidden categories articles lacking sources from august 2016all articles lacking sourcesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa olitalianopolskisvenskat rk e edit links this page was last modified on 26 august 2016 at 23 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view