ltd english electric valve company marconi applied technologies type public limited company plc traded as lse e2v industry electronic & electrical equipment founded 1947 1 founder semyon aisenstein headquarters chelmsford essex united kingdom area served worldwide key people neil johnson chairman steve blair chief executive officer charles hindson group finance director products imaging sensors microwave devices thyratrons microprocessors services rf power imaging semiconductors revenue 224.94 million 2 2015 operating income 31.14 million 2 2015 net income 23.76 million 2 2015 total assets 269.1 million 2 2015 total equity 169.83 million 2 2015 number of employees circa 1 750 3 2015 slogan bringing life to technology website http www.e2v.com e2v is a global manufacturer with its headquarters in england that designs develops and manufactures technology systems and components . the company was previously known as english electric valve company and for a short time marconi applied technologies . contents 1 company history 2 awards 3 acquisitions 4 clients 5 business profile 6 global operations 7 products and services 7.1 rf power 7.2 high performance imaging 7.3 high reliability semiconductors 8 references 9 external links company history edit the company began in the early 1940s as a part of the marconi group manufacturing magnetrons for defence radar systems . the company was first registered as a separate company in chelmsford essex in 1947 under semyon aisenstein . its initial name was the phoenix dynamo co ltd though it immediately changed its name to english electric valve company ltd. the current group ceo is steve blair who joined the company in march 2014 from spectris plc. in 1959 bob coulson established traveling wave tube and microwave tube sections and they were producing ceramic hydrogen thyratrons as well . by this time eev was the largest hi tech manufacturing company in the uk . a year later they won an emmy award for outstanding contribution to electronics technology in developing the 4 orthicon tube . in 1961 they acquired associated electrical industries valve business based in lincoln . sir charles oatley was a director of the company from 1966 to 1985 . 4 in 1962 eev opened its first office in america in buffalo ny . the company has received 13 queen s awards for technology in its history most recently in 2006 for low light imaging devices and in 2004 for thyratrons for cancer radiotherapy treatment . also in 1972 they opened an office in paris france and in 1977 they opened another office in ny but this time in elmsford . keith attwood e2v s ceo from 1999 to 2013 led e2v through a short period as marconi applied technologies and then in 2002 he led a management buy out supported by 3i following the collapse of the marconi group . following further growth under 3i in 2004 the company floated on the london stock exchange . awards edit the company has received 13 queen s awards for technology in its history most recently in 2006 5 for low light imaging devices and in 2004 6 for thyratrons for cancer radiotherapy treatment . hugh menown responsible for developing double cathode and hollow anode thyratrons was awarded the mbe in 1982 . 7 acquisitions edit in 2005 e2v purchased gresham scientific instruments 8 renamed e2v scientific instruments and sold in 2012 to sgx sensortech . 9 in 2006 it purchased the grenoble france facility 10 from the atmel corporation in 2006 now renamed e2v semiconductors and mics microchemical systems 11 based in corcelles switzerland renamed e2v microsystems and sold to sgx sensortech in 2012 9 and in october 2008 e2v acquired qp semiconductor 12 a us based designer and supplier of speciality semiconductor components used in military and aerospace applications establishing e2v s first us manufacturing base . in 2014 e2v acquired anafocus 13 based in seville spain a designer and manufacturer of specialist cmos imaging product . clients edit in 2009 e2v s ccd imaging sensors were fitted to the hubble telescope as part of an upgrade project . 14 in 2010 the company announced the establishment of the e2v microwave engineering centre in lincoln 15 uk as part of a restructuring that saw the move of operational capabilities to the chelmsford facility . in 2013 e2v supplied the imaging array for the european space agency gaia project to map the milky way . at 1 billion pixels this is the largest focal plane flown into space . major clients include airbus boeing thales group the university of nottingham siemens esa carestream health rockwell collins raytheon tomotherapy jaxa nasa andor technology business profile edit e2v s annual sales are approximately 220 million and they are listed on the london stock exchange 16 and the ftse 16 4good index . the company employs approximately 1650 people of whom a third are engineers and scientists . e2v has sales in over 50 countries and operates in 12 global locations in europe us and asia . global operations edit with its hq in chelmsford essex england e2v has two uk based design development and manufacturing facilities chelmsford lincoln one in grenoble france one in seville spain and one in milpitas us . it also has an operational base with customer support facilities in beijing china over 30 % of the staff are engineers or scientists . e2v also has sales service and technical support offices in the uk north america france japan korea and hong kong chelmsford uk hq for e2v northern european regional sales office milpitas us design development and manufacturing facility specialising in aerospace and defence hi rel semiconductor solutions grenoble france design development and manufacturing facility specialising in semiconductors seville spain design development and manufacturing facility specialising in imaging lincoln uk design development and manufacturing facility specialising in microwave electronics new york us america s regional sales office paris france southern european regional sales office beijing china regional operational support hong kong asia pacific regional sales office taipei taiwan regional procurement office tokyo japan regional sales support seoul korea regional sales support products and services edit an e2v made eev iot for uhf atsc broadcast television shown new in packaging . rf power edit defence electronic countermeasures radiotherapy cancer treatment machines radar systems stellar satellite communications amplifiers industrial heating & bulk materials processing missile control safety and arming devices digital television transmitters high performance imaging edit space and earth observation imaging science and life science imaging machine vision ophthalmology dental x ray systems argus thermal imaging cameras for fire fighting and security applications high reliability semiconductors edit lifecycle management high reliability microprocessors high speed data converters high reliability ics with lifetime continuity of supply qp semi product line assembly & test services mrams references edit company profile . linkedin . retrieved 27 march 2016 . a b c d e e2v technologies plc . london stock exchange . retrieved 24 march 2016 . about us . e2v . retrieved 24 march 2016 . the papers of sir charles oatley accessed 2 july 2008 http www.independent.co.uk news business news the queens awards number of winners in awards for industry hits 11year high 475009.html http www.embedded.com electronics news 4155434 electronics shows up well in queen s awards http cerncourier.com cws article cern 28251 http www.photonicsonline.com doc gresham scientific instruments becomes e2v sc 0002 a b http euroconsult inc.com e2v has sold e2v scientific instruments http www.theengineer.co.uk news e2v acquires atmel grenoble 295338 . article http www.electrooptics.com news news story.php news id 107 http www.electronics eetimes.com en e2v set to buy us group qp semiconductors.html cmp id 7 & news id 210201644 http www.newelectronics.co.uk electronics news e2v buys cmos imaging firm anafocus 62893 http www.spacedaily.com reports hubble to be upgraded with e2v ccd imaging sensors 999.html http www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk new beginning city engineering firm story 11201464 detail story.html a b http www.londonstockexchange.com exchange prices and markets stocks summary company summary.html accessed 20 october 2010 external links edit company website e2v annual awards event in chelmsford retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title e2v & oldid 730882025 categories electronics companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 19471947 establishments in the united kingdomcompanies based in chelmsfordscience and technology in essex 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 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