Philadelphia Storage Battery Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Philadelphia_Storage_Battery_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Ford_Motor_Company
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 1961
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Philco
gptkbp:brand gptkb:Philco
gptkbp:category defunct manufacturing companies of the United States
battery manufacturers
radio manufacturers
gptkbp:defunct 1974
gptkbp:founded 1892
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Spencer_Thomas
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Philadelphia Storage Battery Company
gptkbp:industry electronics
battery manufacturing
radio manufacturing
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Otto_Schairer
gptkb:Philo_Farnsworth
James M. Skinner
gptkbp:notableFor home appliances
spacecraft electronics
pioneering car radios
transistor radios
early television development
World War II military electronics
gptkbp:notableProduct refrigerators
batteries
televisions
Philco radios
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Ford_Motor_Company
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Philco-Ford_Corporation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Philco_(USA)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6