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pmmunro · 30th Jul 2022, 9:18 pm

More here: https://vintagetek.org/tek-guernsey-2/ and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3u5_a1GElU (Pity the video quality is poor) - there is some reference to tax considerations in the commentary. And this article https://vintagetek.org/guernsey/ states that Tektronix closed the Guernsey plant in 1990, moving production to the Netherlands.

Other web articles can be obtained.

PMM

30th Jul 2022, 9:18 pm	#5
pmmunro Octode Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Dundee, UK. Posts: 1,815	Re: Controls on the import of American electrical goods in the 50's More here: https://vintagetek.org/tek-guernsey-2/ and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3u5_a1GElU (Pity the video quality is poor) - there is some reference to tax considerations in the commentary. And this article https://vintagetek.org/guernsey/ states that Tektronix closed the Guernsey plant in 1990, moving production to the Netherlands. Other web articles can be obtained. PMM