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Bell & Howell, like Westinghouse and many other storied American Brands exist today as nothing more than a trademark owned by various Chinese companies. Bell & Howell's A/V division was sold to Eiki in Japan decades ago, and they shut it down and just used the name for some of their A/V equipment. I guess they eventually sold the name.
RCA is owned by Philips, a Dutch/French company.
Sharp in Japan sold their name and technology for televisions in the USA market to a Chinese company which had such poor quality control that they have been trying to get their name and USA rights back. I don't know if they succeeded.
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I occasionally see these Bell and Howell branded things on the shelves, usually at pharmacies and department stores in my area. My very first super 8 projector was a Bell and Howell so I’m very nostalgic toward the name and always think about their AV equipment I’ve encountered over the years. Now if only I ran across a brand new super 8 Bell and Howell while at the store instead of their flashlights I think I’d hit the ceiling with excitement and be asked to leave! One can dream I suppose
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One things for sure, now more than ever our two Countries should get back our own manufacturing. The skills are there, bring back apprenticeships properly and maybe next time there is a crisis we will manage our own economy better instead of relying on China.
Unfortunatly as everyone knows, its all down to money. Cheap imports are too easy to buy.
When i needed to buy some leads to connect my Bauer to an old amp i had to resort to amazon as the shops here wanted a tenner or more, where did the ones from Amazon come from? China, the cost including postage? £2.99. Something is definatly wrong with this.
Were there any British built projectors?
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