Western Electric Export Corporation (or simply Western Electric) is a manufacturer of vacuum tubes and high end audio gear. Based in Rossville, Georgia, the company builds an ultra-premium version of the 300B electron tube. It traces its roots to 1872 with the Bell Telephone Company and the original Western Electric. The original AT&T-based company was shut down in 1984. The successor was started in 1995, when AT&T granted Charles G. Whitener (Westrex Corporation) a license to the trademark and intellectual property of the original Western Electric company.[1] In January of 2007 Western Electric announced the acquisition of the assets of former vacuum tube factory Ei Niš from Serbia.[2] The company has announced it will manufacture vacuum tubes for musical instruments, such as electric guitars.
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- ^ Wayback Machine, Archived in January 10, 2007."Western Electric announces the acquisition of the electron tube assets of Ei European Operations". Archived from the original on 2007-01-10.